Winters here depend a lot on what is happening up in Alberta .. Normally (whatever that is), about in Dec, Jan we get the cold blast of arctic air, February and March are crap shoots, April some snow and into about the middle of May could see some snow but the temps are too warm for much. Although in april we have had some nasty snow.
What bothers me about winter is the ice. Cold I can deal with, huge heating bill. The ice is the nasty. I put out in the drives and sidewalk a less caustic salt stufff, it still has problems with vegetation, but I would now want another fracture.
For us we have plugged in our cars for 40 years, this year we opted for new and they do not have engine block heaters. this should be interesting.
What effect with all the ash in the sky from the California fires, will they be nuclei for snow/rain particles?