no one alive, or even those recently before us, have had to go through a month as cold and snowy as this one.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/the-most-extreme-winter-month-ever-observed-in-new-england/ Which was after the NOAA, per usually, forecast warmer than average temps for NE:
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/videos/winter-outlook-2014-2015
But the Almanac is worse.
As a kid, I shoveled snow that was almost as tall as me during the Blizzard of ‘78 in Mass. Made some money but should have charged way more. I was 13 and the smallest kid in my class.
We had a flat roofed carport made of old rough sawn oak and it was my job to shovel that off when it got to 6-8 inches thick because my dad was worried it would collapse with too much snow and he was also worried about it collapsing with him on it. I would have healed but if he fell through, our sole source of income would have been gone and he had good health insurance on me at the time. No braina.(brainer) Got 3 foot of snow in a couple of days so I shoveled that roof quite a few times.
I was on FB on 2015 and remember the pics that old friends posted which were similar to ‘78.