Don’t put off clearing away the pile if the temperatures are dropping and the wind is blowing the snow into drifts. But if the day is getting warmer and you have no place to go, you can wait to ...

But now, flowers and an old photo of the snow pile is all that’s left. The sign that stood next to the pile and reads, “The 8th Wonder of the World: The Palatine Snow Pile,” remains at the site.