In the 80s, as a young Marine, I got stationed in Bremerton (Washington state) for a short time.
"What's it like?"
"It rains all the time but it never snows", I was told.
Got there during one of the hottest summers on record (regular high 90s-100+), then and 30+ inches of snow before Thanksgiving... I was sure that particular someone was messing w me.
Then, 25 yrs in the CA and AZ desert... not much in the way of snow.
Now, back in the PNW (Portland) I'm dealing w snow and ice again. No, not here in P-land... I'm a trucker and run out to ID, MT, eastern WA and OR. Montana has had a RUDE amount of snow this year along with negative-double digit temps... I'm only running MT because our driver was in a 5 truck, multiple fatality pileup outside of Missoula right before Christmas (black ice caused, very tragic story).
When I first started running MT in late December I said something like, "Well, it can't snow every day, right... ?"
WRONG!
It can. And it does.