Just did a little weather check for northern wisconsin..last year in november we were much colder..almost 10 degrees colder per day on average..in fact my parents had ice on their lake in LDF before thanksgiving (last year this week, the lake had it's first thin crust of ice)..this year the lake is wide open.
On a positive note...we had NO Measurable snow that fell and stayed with us until after the thanksgiving holiday..so there is lots of hope..we sledheads always get sooooo antsy this time of the year, that we forget what we had for snow the previous year..we always think it fell earlier than it really did..and lots more..funny how our minds work isn't it??? lol
I know one thing..it will snow and it will get cold..I have never seen a brown xmas here in northern wisconsin in the 18 yrs I have lived here..has the snow been thin at times..YES..but never bare...even in EL NINO years...and even when we have had thin snow years..we always had ice on the lakes..sometimes it hasn't been safe until after the new years..but we have always had ice up here.
Be patient folks..it's coming...besides...my sled isn't back from the shop yet (that means no snow for you, until i can ride too!!) LMAO!!!