I live high up in the Dales and we have our own micro climate here. We have identical weather to Rekjavic in Iceland!
I've seen us here with a foot of snow, and a mile down the road it is completely clear. I've just had the oil tank filled for the winter, we don't have a gas supply so it's (expensive!) oil central heating all the way.
Couriers (especially UPS) hate delivering to us, they usually get about half a mile from the house, see the snow/ice/rain/sleet/hailstones, chicken out and turn round, I've seen it happen as I was once driving home behind a UPS van who stopped and turned around.
It's no fun when you're expecting a special delivery.
And there's no way I'm waiting another 5 days to open the case!
I took a picture the other morning at about 6am when I got up, I'll post it here.