We have been running below normal for quite a while. But I would rather have the 20's rather than this freeze/thaw/freeze slide-on-the-road. Even the days of below 0°F are looking better than this mess.
We have been getting just a trace of snow all along, which means that the roads are rarely dry. There is hardly a ditch that hasn't been visited by a car or pickup. It's not deep, and not super-slick like it gets when it is 20, but it's always there and hides the lane markers. They'll walk the lane over until it gets off the pavement altogether. Not really a question of traction, but visibility.