Last winter late Nov. we got 5 inches of snow, the next day it was 50', snow melted, I never used my snow blower all winter. This winter, 2 snow falls one 5 inches the 2nd 5.5 inches, both times was mixed with rain, snow to wet for snow blower, I had to shovel, today 3 inches, was soft and light, easy to shovel, later in the day snow mixed with rain. I should make a planter out of the snowblower lol.