Could also be a snowpack type of deal too from driving through. It's really hard to judge annual snowfall from the snowpack as we know around here. Places that get half the actual "snowfall" can still have bigger snowpacks in that CAD region south east of Pinkham Notch. It's still "snowy" in that regard, but it's really hard to judge snowfall without actually measuring it every day. Like you drive through Tamarack's area and someone might be like holy crap, this place gets the most snowfall of anywhere around.
Basically it's a "deep winter" type of place, the actual inches that come from the sky might be different.