Was this really necessary?

Just because I was commenting--not precisely complaining--about the so-far mild winter (when I was expecting a rougher one than last year) just the other week, was it really necessary that Mother Nature go to this extreme:

Outdoor max/min temps from Wednesday afternoon, January 23rd.

And to not even give us anything like a decent snow with it--! [She fusses, ducking her head as she watches the approach of another winter storm on the radar. ::desperately hoping neighbor with bulldozer is at home::]