Tip brought up an awesome memory the other day from the 1986 mid November bowling ball
I was in middle school and just did not believe the forecast, the two years prior it had a remarkably hard time snowing a few inches in the dead of winter
woke up to thunder lightning and moderate to heavy snow around 2 am...wound up with 4 to 6 inches of paste in central ct, but back then I don't remember hearing about eastern zones getting crushed....figures lol
but where I lived at the time that winter actually turned out okay, especially considering winters before and after that decade....we had 50 inches that winter