12/13 was a backend winter. We had the big Feb Blizzard here which delivered our yearly average in one day and then another monster in March--before Feb I think we had a few inches on the year
I go to Breckenridge CO for a week every Feb-they have snow OTG from Nov-May and it almost never rains in that period. No sleet/freezing rain. It would get old after awhile.
gets to that pressure later now--- only 995-1000 MB until it gets into the lower lakes...so snow amounts are greatly reduced to the west in areas such as WI and Chicago...