I bet the difference was because of 1 degree.
Twice yesterday I went out and just moved some solid slush, but still slush, off the sidewalk and parts of the driveway. The weird thing is across the street it wasn't slush. Then around 1 or 2 it began to look like snow. They got 12 inches not far west or north of us.
On Monday I bought a new 4 cycle blower. My previous one was from 1998 and hadn't worked in 2 seasons so I figured it was time. I did get to use it last night.