More counterexamples.
January was the fourth-coldest first month of the year in Spokane since records started in 1881.
The average temperature last month was 9.3 degrees below normal, the coldest January since 1979 when it was 10.5 degrees below normal based on a 30-year average.
The average temperature last month was 20.2 degrees.
Now, the cold air is setting up a perfect scenario for more snow.