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Of course when one's normal weather is warm sunny winters then a few days of freezing cold is quite a tragic event that is of major proportions. Something that gets remembered for a decade or more.
I still remember 2 winters in Seattle where in February we had a week long event of sunny 60 degree daytime high weather. It happens about once a decade.