I don’t think we’ll go through a whole other winter with a shutout. That’s when I think there will be some opportunities - the second half of January, in particular, and then into February. In my mind, the narrative will probably begin to change a bit as we get into the middle part of January. December was supposed to be warm, we were not supposed to see much snow, and that’s exactly what happened. But I will say - and this is not meant to be a pat on the back for ourselves or anything - it was well agreed upon in the community that this was the winter forecast. So for the next two weeks, taking us into the first couple days of January, there really isn’t much hope for anything. We are at the mercy of the Pacific jet stream, and really what it means is that mild Pacific air is just flowing into Canada and the United States. There’s really not a whole lot of cold to be found in much of the Northern Hemisphere. Right now, we are obviously in a pretty horrendous pattern for snow. There’s no hope of any wintry precipitation on the near-term horizon, but do you see any longer-term or medium-term trends that may foster a better environment for it?

I’ve been tracking your forecasts carefully, and I know this Christmas period will be anomalously warm here and in most of the country. Like you said, it’s unfathomable, and it’s unheard of for New York City, where records go back to the 1890s. Obviously, the previous record was 380-something days. So yeah, I can’t remember anything like this. I forget who it was who told me, “This is what you get for complaining about snow all the time.” Now there’s none of it ever. I was joking around with my family a couple of days ago. Do you think we’re being punished by some higher power?

Now, we’re at a previously unfathomable 670+ days without measurable snowfall. It had been 316 days at that point, which seemed like a lot. We spoke almost a year ago about the lack of snow in recent New York City history.

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