article_snippet: (CNN)While Boston and other New England cities have suffered through CNN)While Boston and other New England cities snowiest seasons, other parts of the country have some unexpected good news to go along with the record-breaking winter conditions.
article_snippet: this year, however, the jet stream pattern responsible for all the cold air and snow in the East remains stuck in more of a winter mode.
article_snippet: Both January and February were well below normal.
article_snippet: In 2014, we ended the year with a count of 881, well below the average of 1,253.
article_snippet: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently said that a weak El Nino had developed.