I live in northern Michigan. Lots of bitter cold weather, less snow than last year. I love the snow until the middle of March then am ready for it to be gone. I figure to expect some snow may fall until the middle of May. We never plant our flowers til June when the risk of frost has lessened: learned this the first summer we lived here. I love winters here, however it was better this year as I retired last spring so no getting up at 530 to be to work by 7.