You could answer this with another question: why did we have eight warm winters in a row up to 2007?

But he also believes a warm winter in the Northeast kept some potential visitors at home.

If it's a warm winter, it will be easier to keep people on the streets.

But it was a warm winter, with temperatures often in the 40's.

"But last year, when I had a warm winter, nobody felt sorry for me."

But the warmer winter of 1979-80 proved to be a death blow.

The papers were saying it was the warmest winter in 1,250 years.

A series of unusually warm winters also cut the demand.

Fortunately, due to a relatively warm winter and several other items, they only needed to cut one million dollars out of the following year's budget.

It's really been a warm and cozy winter, hasn't it?