Up here in the “Pacific Northwest” (Vancouver, B.C.) we’re having one of the mildest winters in years too. Early spring, daffodils just coming out now, not a whole lot of rain this winter.
I feel for everyone in eastern Canada / US. But I seem to remember big snows being a regular occurrence in the ‘70s when I was growing up there.
My family moved to northern Oregon in June, 1969, from San Clemente, southern California. Portland, Oregon, was 55 degrees F and raining - June. That winter of ‘69- ‘70, there were four major snowstorms, the one in January ‘70 dumping 4’ of snow. That winter was our first ever experience of the white fluffy stuff and my introduction to driving in the stuff.
This past winter in Longview, Washington, we’ve had a grand total of 4” all winter long. Temps have’nt dropped any lower than 15 degrees F. Spring isn’t that far away and already tulips, daffodils, and magnolias buds are swelling, getting ready to burst forth in flowers the first day of spring.