Originally posted by Thib6992:[..]
Six inches in November must be rare, I suppose. At my parents', there are currently about three. The time I saw the most snow (except in the Alps) must have been about five years ago, when there were almost 20 inches. That was in February, and my village is near Lyon, about 600 metres high.
It actually is quite rare. We usually don't get that much snow but it hasn't been disappearing so it just keeps building up. It's to snow all day today and some tomorrow. The weather forecast just keeps changing as well so you can't accurately predict if it's going to snow or not.
Going out to a golf course now, massive hill for a bit of sledding 
