They both have their drawbacks. Lots of rain makes for lots of deep sticky mud. We got about 2-feet of powder snow over two days and then a fucking
miracle occurred: I got the bobcat started at only 5 ºF (must be the new can of ether - starting fluid). And then today, got it started again, even though it was 15 ºF (our high today was 20) and between the two days, I rode around in sub-freezing temps pushing snow for six hours (no enclosed or heated cab) and while I couldn't feel my fingers or toes at the end of each session, hundreds of tons of snow got moved into huge piles all around the yards and driveway and we can actually move around without feeling like we're climbing Everest just to get to the barns or take the dogs out to potty. Ah, but Spring will be here in a few weeks and all that snow will melt and the mud will be several inches deep and... there is always something to bitch about.