Note that there has been no trend for as long as Rutgers has been keeping records, and that the snowiest winter was 1978, which was a period of very thick, extensive ice cover. It was also the coldest winter on record in the US.

The cold and snow last winter was due to a very negative Arctic Oscillation, and the NOAA explanation appears to have successfully confused the entire press corps into believing otherwise.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/10/report_details_warm_arctic-col.html