At our house, it has been a wild winter ride! On November 13th, we got a huge start to the snowy winter, with over a foot of snow. It was an early storm for us in Minnesota, so it was heavy and wet. If you are not used to snow, the heavy wet snow is the worst, as it takes lots of effort to move.
We had a tree lose a large branch, which is shown here, and we had to have the branches chopped up before it snowed again. The power went out as well, and we lost a full day of power.
I do remember in 1991, the halloween storm, and that was over 25 inches in a two day dump, starting on Halloween, and ending sometime on November 2nd.
Once the winter began so early, it is easy to see the snow pile up. So far for this season, we have had over 87 inches here in our town, and it will continue, as the winter has been cold. I do see some signs of spring, as we had one day on February 13th, where it was close to 50 degrees. That was exactly three months of freezing temperatures, and it really has been a race to keep up with the snow.