The warning signs were there early this year
1. December warmth was much more widespread that many predicted
2. The pattern change delay into mid Jan. And even at that, you could see modeling returning the warmth very quickly-so it was only 8-9 days
3. The Feb pattern change was more of the same-a couple days of cold then back to the torch.
It was really over before it began this year and we were lucky to get the snow we got given a +5 Dec, +3 Jan +2 Feb and +5 March