More snow than past few years

I was talking to someone from Emmonak and they were telling me that we have much more snow than the past few years. The ice on the Yukon is 4 feet thick, which is normal. Last year though, it was above freezing much more and the snow was gone. We are still getting snow and a warm day is 25 degrees, which feels warm. They said the ice breaking will be later this year because of the colder temperatures. Last year, the ice broke about May 20. they said the ice may not break until June because of the colder temps. They also said that we may have flooding in the town. They also mentioned that the ice breakups were much worse 10 or so years ago. Back then, where I live was the major river. Now, much of the ice is going down another finger of the river, so Emo is getting less ice.