Just under 2 inches of new snow fell the entire month, making it one of the least snowy on record. Last season was the second snowiest on record. The winter of 2011-12 set the record for the city’s snowiest. A few winters later, Kutz said, “we dropped down to minimum snow.”

A lack of snow in Finland's far north has disappointed tourists and snowmobile safari operators alike.

The PwC Tremblant World Cup was cancelled due to warm weather, preventing the production of suitable snow conditions for the event.