Murder She Wrote musings

I often go to sleep watching Murder She Wrote on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel. It is very much like Perry Mason in that there is often an intricate plot and I invariably fall asleep before the end, so I can watch the same episode multiple times without knowing the outcome.

But Perry Mason is set in LA while Murder She Wrote is set in Maine (mostly). It isn’t surprising that the weather is always good (or at least not cold) for Perry. But why is there not a flake of snow in any Maine episode of Murder She Wrote? Why are the characters never bundled up? Have the writers never been to Maine? If they were concerned about accuracy, the majority of the episodes would be filmed in knee-deep snow.