Originally Posted by N2264J

As the atmosphere gets warmer, more moisture evaporates and is allowed to be suspended in the air. When the air cools, it condenses out as snow.

Since the United States represents around 2% of the Earth's surface, you shouldn't draw any conclusions because it happens to be cold in February. "Global warming," "climate change" and "global climate destablization" are all descriptive terms for the pendulum swinging further towards the extremes. The "warm" will get warmer and the "cools" cooler.

It's official now, although Fox viewers haven't heard, the last decade was the warmest on record.

2000s warmest decade on record, government reports - Yahoo! News