Oh I know all about a good old easterly believe me. I was living in my first house with no central heating in 1987. The curtains froze to the windows inside it was so cold. I had to use a broom from my upstairs windows to knock the icicles off my gutters as my front door opened straight onto the pavement.
My earlier comment was about the fact these last few years we have missed out on good snow events here as the warm air gets mixed into the lows before the get to us giving us rain instead of snow. Even when it has started out as snow we soon get the familiar drip drip drip as it never seems to stay cold enough to keep snow on the ground for long these days.