article_snippet: The season snowfall record is measured from July 1 through June 30.
article_snippet: Records go back to 1872. '
article_snippet: But in what will come as a shock to many after the onslaught of snow, federal records show that this winter and has actually been the warmest since records began.
article_snippet: At nearly 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit above 20th century average, last month was the second warmest February on record globally, slightly behind 1998.
article_snippet: But the combined January and February temperature beat the old record for the first two months set in 2002.
article_snippet: December through February broke the meteorological winter record set in 2007.