Late first snow; last snow?

First snow of the season, heavy and wet. First snow of the season at the end of January. Since starting this blog in 2007, there have been first snows in November, a couple in October - the earliest on 14 October 2009. Below: coming out of Rondo ONZ Metro station, I snapped this young woman filming the snowfall on her phone with a look of joy on her face - is winter here at last?

Below: ulica Świętokrzyska, although the temperature never fell below zero, the snow settled for a while because of its sheer mass.

Below: no weather for scooters, electric or petrol...

...and no weather for cycling either.

Below: view from my office window...  it puts me in mind of a classic photo, but not even with Google's reverse image search can I find it - anyone help?

Below: going home, Palace of Culture to the left.

There's still fresh snow on the grass, but not on the warmer paved areas.

By the time I get to the station, the snow has been trampled into slush, walking is unpleasant, shoes get soaked through, trousers splashed. Horrible.

Today's daytime minimum was +1C, coinciding with the heavy snow shower. Two hours later, it was +3C. The temperature is forecast to reach +10C by Saturday afternoon. No more snow in January, nor in early February. Gone are the winters in which I could walk home across a frozen lake each evening?

I look forward to a more detailed blog post by Student SGH on Politics, Society, Economy in a few days' time.

This time three years ago:
Nikon Coolpix P900 put to the test

This time four years ago:
A modest proposal regarding the zloty

This time five years ago:
Warsaw Spire getting higher and higher

This time six years ago:
Plac Zbawiciela, lunchtime, winter

This time seven years ago:
Is this winter's end?

This time eight years ago:
The other Jeziorki station

This time nine years ago:
Launching the General's book

This time 11 years ago:
A pavement for ul. Karczunkowska?
[STILL WAITING FOR THE BASTARD]

This time nine years ago:
Taking off over Okęcie