You're thinking of the October 2011 event. Highly elevation dependent snow event for a good chunk of the Northeast and Mid Atlantic. The rest of the winter was total garbage as you said.
You are 100% correct. The initial January rug pull and the Feb heart breaker kept.us from greatness. If both we like 5"-9" storms then we wouldve been golden.
Looks like the cold front for the middle of next week is trending drier (good). Need to get some field work completed in western Howard County next week. Wouldn't mind a bit of rain, but a total washout would be no bueno.