You don't have Spring and Fall? Day and night? Your snow/ice evaporate without ever melting?
If you have ever had the privilege of getting out of your home state.. or even your own country, you will soon realize that some places have long periods of temps that vary above and below freezing, day and night, for a long time, during their long fall transition. That results in a lot of freeze/thaw cycles.
Other parts of the world go from consistently above freezing to constantly below freezing over a very short fall period. Sometimes in a matter of a couple of days.
In addition, some places, have cold and damp winters.. where others.. like here.. have very cold and dry winters where moisture in the air is extremely low.
Many freeze thaw cycles each year vs very few freeze thaw cycles a year.
The difference this has on materials is dramatic.
Vehicles from out east deteriorate much faster than those here.
Ancient buildings deteriorate much slower in colder dry environments.
A obvious example is the ice storms and icy roads thst are a common factor out east.
Here, I can remember one short ice storm in my lifetime. Our highways are usually dry pavement in winter. With blowing snow, drifting and packed snow the problem.
Ice buildup, and wet snow is a function of warmer temperatures.
It is very common here to have little to no rain in the fall, with temps 10 degrees above freezing, then have the temps suddenly drop consistently below freezing in a matter of days. You end up with almost no ice, few freeze/thaw cycles in that transition.
Definitely nothing like you see in warmer areas east and west.
And YES... you will see sublimation here where the snow turns to vapour.