I’m originally from NJ. We get a lot less snow here. The cold is just cold, it’s not a wet cold. It also does not get as cold. They day I moved from NJ it was negative 26 degrees in the middle of March. It was in the low 50’s in WA 8 days later when I arrived. Fall is nice. I only have had to put my heat on once so far. It’s usually pretty wet too.