3 Things Are True About the Winter of 2022–2023

The winter of 2022–2023 is ending. How did it measure up where you live?

The author, left, celebrates the end of a mild winter by hanging up her shovel, while her winter-loving AWSSI collaborator, Dr. Steve Hilberg, basks in the glory of the kind of wintry weather he prefers.

The beginning and end of winter is defined in many different ways, but for meteorologists and climatologists, it is tied to the calendar months — December, January, and February. It’s the season now for winter recap articles, even though we know that wintry conditions can and will blanket parts of the U.S. yet…