People forget (Or don't care) but winters from 79 all the way to 93 were pretty bad here in Boston. We had some useable storms but most of the time it was dreadfully dull with some bouts of cold. 89 to 92 get the lions share of the hate but the early and mid period were very bad. A four inch storm was treated like a blizzard. I went maybe two or three years in a row with no snow days.