In fairness , not to the moron you replied to , but to your point , if this snow is caused by an unusual weather pattern that is related to climate change , then you could also say it ' s caused by climate change . This snow was caused by an unusual cold front . The cold front could be there because of cold air from the Arctic that usually doesn ' t get that far south . The cold air can go that far south because the jet stream has been slowing , and thus has a higher amplitude , it ' s more wavier . This is known as Arctic amplification . It ' s hypothesised that the Arctic being so unusually warm because of climate change and the poles warming faster is causing the jet stream to act like this . The jet stream being wavy allows cold air to flow further south than normal . There is evidence that supports this , but there is a lot more research to be done to fully understand it . Here you can see how the Middle East is also experiencing abnormal cold temperatures , in accordance with the path of the jet stream meteooverview 23 nov 2016