Mick, I can't tell ya much about the snow, but them ol skeeters? We got em bad down here. Year round brother. Not as big as they grow em in Texas ( Kris Kringle can tell ya how big ), but way more!
Anyway Feb. is probably our only real winter month and by then some of us is looking for a little time off. But you can bet that by March we all pretty much back in full swing.