Middle eastern snow. I was in Jerusalem in mid March 2007 and cold rain turned into hours of pounding snow. It was getaway day and my cab to the airport in Tel Aviv at a much lower elevation brought me into showery but much milder wx. Our flight was through London with an overnight at a hotel near the airport and a morning flight direct to BOS. Get into BOS as snow is increasing...arriving in time for the biggest event of that sorry season. I went from snow to snow.
That Reno NWS temperature is cold but I recall during a mild spell being in mammoth lakes around 8,000feet in elevation and overnight temperatures were in the teens so I don’t think it’s all that unusual?
I’m in this camp. 1959-60 was rolling just like this winter and then we hit March with a huge bomb and a very cold month. To me that brought the winter grade way up as a 7th grader having thrown in the towel before March. Ya never know....