RHINELANDER - Less snow this year means less money for local snow removers. Rhinelander got about than 9 inches of snow in January, the January average is a little less than 16 inches. One local snow plow driver has seen big financial differences so far this month compared to February 2014.
"I'd say it's probably a 15 to 1 ratio, maybe 10 to 1," says Local Snow Fighter Matt Wocelka. "I mean so far in February we've had one snowfall, like I said last year we had seven, so obviously there's a big difference in numbers right off the bat. I do know from last February to this one, you're going from maybe eating a steak dinner to ramen noodles tonight."
Rhinelander picked up fewer than two inches from the latest storm as of late Wednesday, this adds up to about two inches of snowfall so far this month. Early winter weather last year might help keep snow plow owners in the black.
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