96-97 was not good until the big boy hit on 3/31. The "best" event was the surprise storm Jerry mentioned. Was supposed to be this innocuous little thing going south of us. It basically was one of those WSW-ENE deffy bands that dropped 10" of fluff just south of BOS. I think BOS had like 6".
But I recall many of the events were 2-3" slop events that turned to rain. We did ok on the first Dec snow event, but porked in the second one. The famous Cantore TSSN one.
The ice around here was thicker during our only week of winter in January. Even with the cold this morning, birds are chirping, sun feels nice, and Tip is circling around Fox Hall since his restraining order expired. All is well.