

It’s no surprise that the first freeze and first snow typically occur around this time. On a typical mid-October day in Alaska, you’ll see a high near 40 and a low in the upper 20s. Winter Storms Harper, Indra and Jaden, along with lake-effect snow, contributed to close to 60 inches of snowfall in the second half of January alone! 75 miles east, Rochester saw just shy of 100 inches of snow, making this a surprisingly below-average winter in terms of snowfall. With 118 inches of snow, this was Buffalo’s second snowiest winter in the last decade. For the 12th consecutive winter, Buffalo saw over 100 inches of snow. New Yorkīuffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, the list goes on and on when it comes to New York cities with noteworthy snowfall during the 2018-19 season. The mercury was below freezing for all but a few hours in February. Even more brutal than the snow: the temperatures. The small town located on the northeastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula experienced it’s snowiest February on record with 45.1 inches of snow. While southeast Michigan saw below average snowfall during the 2018-19 winter, northern Michigan experienced more snow than usual with 222 inches falling in Marquette – 20 inches more than usual! Not to be outdone, more than 140 inches of snow blanked Sault Ste. The “long, hard winter” began with almost 30 inches of snow falling in November and continued for the next record-setting 163 days with at least one inch of snow covering the ground! Michigan While Caribou sees an average of 100 inches of snow each winter, 2018-19 was unusual snowy with an additional 55 inches blanketing the town. Yet, Caribou was the snowiest city during the 2018-19 winter with over 160 inches of snow. It is not surprising to see Maine on this list since a few feet of snow typically fall in the state’s larger cities like Portland and Bangor each year. While all 50 states - even Hawaii - get some measurable snow each year, five states experienced noteworthy snowfall in 2018-19 according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Maine From the December storm that brought snow from Texas east to Virginia and the Carolinas to the late season April blizzard that dumped several feet of snow in the Mideast and Great Plains, the 2018-19 winter was one for the books. Netflix has already revealed some details of the plot of the adaptation, explaining: ‘When a snowstorm hits a small midwestern town on Christmas Eve, a group of high school seniors find their friendships and love lives colliding thanks to a stranded pop star, a stolen keg, a squad of competitive dancers, a mysterious woman covered in tin foil, and an epic party at the local Waffle Town.Old Man Winter has proven once again to be unpredictable and relentless. Well, judging by the trailer, Let It Snow follows a similar story pattern to the much-loved Christmas classic, only the characters are about a decade (if not more) younger – a Love Actually for the next generation, if you will.ĭirected by Luke Snelin, it’s based on the book Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myraclem and stars young Hollywood’s Kiernan Shipka ( Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), as well as Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush ( Lady Bird, Dumplin’), Liv Hewson, Mitchell Hope and Jacob Batalon. The film has already been dubbed ‘the new Love Actually‘ which as we all know, is a huge claim to make. New Netflix original Let It Snow was announced by the streaming service along with a trailer that has filled festive fans with some major excitement. In fact, their latest addition to the festive films collection looks like their best one yet. Romance and Christmas go hand in hand and so far, the streaming service is nailing it. Sure, many of them have their cringey moments (and the movie posers certainly don’t help) but that’s what makes them such a guilty pleasure.

And while s ome might describe them as cheesy, we’d call them lovely, wholesome and just what we want to snuggle up with on a cold winter night. Every year, Netflix celebrates the festive season by treating us all to a number of new, original Christmas movies.
