The cold air has been so cold and dry, that lake effect has been minimal. The past two winters, we were too warm..now we're too cold. lol
Then, the synoptic track...ugh. Great for Buffalo, Toronto, and Watertown. Southeast of there...meh.
Plus, December was super snowless, so we started off extremely slowly.
I am just dumbfounded by how awful the winters of recent have been in Syracuse relative to normal.