t's the time of the year when the air outside hurts your face and you shout expletives out loud to no one while your car warms up and your fingers dethaw.

Plows play an extremely important role in New Hampshire. Without them, essential workers couldn't get to where they need to go in the elements and we just can't have that. Humans like to personify things that they love even if it is an inanimate object. This is probably the reason why the New Hampshire Department of Transportation initiated a contest in the Fall to give our snow plows names.

If you don't drive a plow, you most likely don't see the around the clock work the transportation crews do before, during and after the flakes fall..

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We appreciate all of their hard work and wish them lots of over time pay and copious amounts of coffee.

According to the NH Dot website, The "Name A Plow" contest was an exciting initiative that they launched for the very first time this year. The goal was to engage the community in a fun and creative way.

How many votes did NH DOT receive for this contest?

They received over 900 entries from all over our great state. They were blown away by the level of participation and felt like the contest really captured the spirit of New Hampshire and beyond.

And the winning plow names are:

1. CTRL-SALT-DELETE

2. Tomie DePlowa

3. Live Free and Plow

4. Adam Sander

5. 6 Snow 3

6. The Big Leplowski

7. Fritz Plowerbee

CTRL SAL DELETE is a front runner for me and a close second is Fritz-Plowerbee.

I did hear that “Chris Snownunu” was in the mix but perhaps it was a personal plow, NH DOT probably wanted to steer clear of any political figures. Still hilarious though!

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