I would call those “proper winters”, but for sure YMMV.
Edit: By the way, to put that comment in context, I grew up in the Upper Midwest, and in fact we had a cabin on a lake that happened to be very close to the same latitude as Northfield–44.35 N versus 44.46 N for Northfield. And of course this was before a lot of the recent warming trend, and I have very fond memories of lots of snow-related winter fun.
Again, though, others may not have quite the same background . . . .