An ironic piece, due to the snow that came in the winter of 2015.
Note the graphic uses only spring snow to try and persuade.
Here's the graph from the source, the Rutgers snow lab
Here's what they don't talk about. The winter trend.
And the Fall trend.
The scientific observer might note that the fall of 2014 was the greatest snow extent since Rutgers started keeping records.
Experience has shown the New York Times won't be reporting that story.