In fact, thunder doesn't only happen when it's raining

I couldn't sleep last night because I was so excited about the blizzard (still in progress)! Here's a warning from the National Weather Service:

BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS THIS AFTERNOON... ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD AVERAGE 18
TO 30 INCHES. CENTRAL PARK ONLY NEEDS ABOUT 3.5 INCHES MORE SNOW TO RANK
THIS SNOWFALL AS THE BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN NEW YORK CITY HISTORY.

Because I was awake, I heard the relatively rare phenomenon of "thunder snow"--a thunderstorm during a snowstorm. I didn't get to see the lightning because my window faces the air shaft, but I've seen lightning during snowstorms a three times in Albuquerque. On separate occasions, I've seen the sky turn lavender, pale orange, and pale green. It's really cool.