For example, a couple randomly selected years with a good snowstorm in January:
January 19-20, 2001: 6.8” of snow fell, snow depth remained 4”+ through 1/29.
January 7, 1996: 9.2” of snow fell, snow depth remained 6”+ through 1/17 (albeit with a couple smaller reinforcing events in between).
We just didn’t torch right after these events in years past.
And here we are, only down to 41 with snow continuing to melt at 8pm on a day that was only supposed to get to 40.