Well so far, this Winter has only been unusual because of the total lack of snow. We saw not a flake here at the end of November, and in the December Easterly, we had about 5cm. I thought we were going to be in for it when the breakdown occured, as here it is at least 250 m asl. However as the warm air mass slid over the cold, it only snowed for a few minutes before it turned to rain (even though it was sub-zero). So all in all 5cm makes this perhaps the worst Winter I have ever seen snow-wise. Perhaps February might be better - you never know. 2001, 2004 and an event in 1998 were all far more memorable.