Hmmm, Strange Brew indeed.
We are having a warmer, not near as nasty warm and dry as early 80s, and it just ain't right.
I look at temperatures and most are average or above but night time is higher than average, on average, we need another two feet of snow and some -20, at least temp. for things to be right. (It also helps rid us of welfare debris that has drifted in with warmer winters.)
At that after the warm 80s came record winter cold, followed by some above average winters followed by another block of record winters, I eagerly await the cycle to swing sub-zero.
A lot of snow also helps me keep the weight of in winter.