Maybe the snow has been delayed by Global Warming this year . Since the introduction of funnels and the burning of fossil fuel on our Pirate Ships a season or so ago; winters have never really been what they used to be.
Personally I don't really want to see snow in the game, I get enough of that living in Anchorage, Alaska! However it's just virtual snow on your island so at least we don't have to deal with the real cold!
Virtual snow? Maybe virtual snow should slow up our builders, unless we can get one of them working on clearing the snow