Only for context. And no, it doesn't make anyone (who loves snow) feel good. We've been trying to compare what we feel is anomalous to the norm, when it's quite possibly the opposite in the grand scheme of things.
"it was not suppose to be warm hundreds of years ago because we didnt have planes,cars and trains polluting the atmosphere."
And that's the thing. If we're looking in that long term context, then....it WAS supposed to be warmer. This still is pretty much the coldest the earth has ever been. Cold isn't the "normal", warm is...in that context.