I definitely prefer snow than cold rain. Rain when it is 70 - 100 F is completely different than rain when it is 35-50 F. The latter is miserable.

We'll get plenty of snow this winter. Last winter we got lots of snow. The ground was covered with snow most of the time from November till early April with a few small snows after that that melted quickly. We even got one snow that was >3 feet and took us 3 days to get out.