100% this. Weather has gone the way of news: sensationalized for clicks. The volume of 'severe weather' risks that turn out as nothing-burgers in the past 5 years is staggering (Southern Ontario, both winter and summer).
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=daily+express+weather&atb=v81-1&ia...
I've just noticed they use Celsius to make it seem cold and still use Fahrenheit to make is seem hot. (Temperature in Fahrenheit has not been printed by the national weather forecaster since 1970).
So, it's not really a new trend.
Yeah. Nothingburger.
OP not a comment on long-term climate change, but a statement on how grossly inaccurate short-term forecasts are common (10-20cm of snow is most often 2-5cm, etc).