I Googled "Eight or ten blizzards a year are not uncommon to coastal areas" and that phrase came up with several websites on the weather in Antarctica.
From 1960-94, the US had an average of nine blizzards per year. Since 1995, that annual average has risen to 19.
Blizzardic Bump!
25 posted on 01/25/2016 5:45:29 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")