I got 28.5" in January, I guess that is about average. I grade with heavy weight on snow cover. ground was bare before the squalls on 1/14, so half the month gets an F in that regard. second of the half gets a B with 15" and full cover.
YTD: 33", which is a little below average. but December gets a solid F, which means that so far, the winter has been around a C or C-.
i know that many will not agree and say that January was good because I got 28".
I am inclined to agree with you, but only if you take November out of your argument. you seriously cannot average more than 1-2" in november, and that amount is generally not going to impact your seasonal total.
Up here I average 70-75", and November averages like 2" a year over the last 20 years. it's non-consequential to your argument, which again I mostly agree with.
losing december sucks ass, no question about it.
7" of birch bending, maple mauling, fir flattening, pine crushing, poplar pooping heavy, wet snow. somehow the power stayed on, even though I could hear branches snapping (and 1 tree out in the woods falling).