Yes many false starts with that one.
One cautionary note however-- that year was preceded by an el nino and a rather strong one at that.
As you know la ninas after el ninos are usually very snowy.
This is actually better than getting snow in November which often portends a snowless or little snow winter.
We are getting into a winter pattern gradually, which might mean it lasts longer.
for NYC and the local airports too? JFK beat their record number of 70 degree highs in November already! Half of the first 12 days were over 70 and we had our latest ever 80!
11/15 is their latest on record? This will beat that record.
I thought 2001-2002 had our latest first freeze and our earliest last freeze?
What a (non) winter that was!