I thought most of those storms were mixed events, the only all snow storm we had was actually in April. We just can't get the temps to be cold enough in March to have an HECS because of all the concrete. I doubt I'll ever see a footer in March in my lifetime-- I gave up on it years ago. We have to be happy with the 6-8 inch events. The thing is, when January and February are horrible, you know your winter is going to be bad regardless of what happens in the other months.
March is for the far northern and western crew as well as for eastern Long Island which is far more rural. We need to be realistic and be happy with the 6-8 inch events, which should be considered about as big as it can get in urban areas in March.
In 2018 January was awesome and March was just the topper. That April event was my favorite event after the January blizzard.