It seems to me that our weather has changed drastically and I'm wondering if that's just here in the Midwestern United States or if people in other areas are noticing the same phenomenon.
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Season timing seems to have shifted somewhat - I think there is some natural climate change - not (necessarily) man-made.
And . . . I think there's a tendency to look at historical data and expect an "average" day, but for example, the average temp for a location on a particular date may be 65 degrees - that could half 55 degree days and half 75 degree days - not necessarily any 65 degree days at all !!
DeeJay
Here in our neck of the woods - it's about the same.
Now is our coldest time of the year and as always our night time is below zero.
For me - the problem is the change in my body and not being able to tolerate the cold - like I once could.
Through out my life - I have noticed - a change from one year to another.
Some winters are colder - some with more snow - some with little snow.
It has seemed to be the same - where I live - for the 78 years of my life.
We do have enough snow pack in our mountains - which means we will have enough water for the coming year. Too much snow - means floods during the run off.
DeeJay - I'm guessing - it's what part of the country we live in.
capitalgentleman
I wasn't here 10 years ago, but, from what people tell me (and the records that I looked up), yes.
I live in the Klondike, Yukon Territory. Global Warming is real, and easy to see here. The land is Permafrost, but, it is beginning to melt. It cost me $5000 to fix up my house, which had been sinking into the melting ground underneath. We are seeing deer here now, which did not happen before, as it was too cold.
We track the break-up of the Yukon River, and have done since 1896. The timing is critical, because we bet on it! So, the time, to the minute, is known for all that time, and, it breaks up now one week earlier then it did then. There are variations over the years, but, the long term trend is that we are slowly, but steadily warming up.
Weather trends do come and go, usually in sync with the 11 years sunspot cycle of the sun. You have to look longer term to see real trends - I'll bet if you looked at the averages for the past 100 years where you are, you would see a real change.
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In Missouri we had record highs this summer and a drought. This happens every 5-6 years, but ws a little hotter this year. So far the winter is about usual. It's in the 20s today and we are hitting the average for this time of year all week. I see no significant difference. We're a little low on having snow, but that's part of the drought. Should be fine this year if we follow the pattern.
Jeremy
Yes, here in the U.K. we rarely have a decent Summer and this year was dreadful - non-stop rain, or so it seemed. We used to have snow virtually every Winter when I was a kid and a lovely Summer when on holiday from school. Now Summer can vary from scorching (just and now and then) to having floods and we rarely have a lot of snow in Winter now with the exceptions of 1981, 2008 and 2009.
Even Autumn and Spring are not like they used to be but are slightly more predictable than the other two. At least we get to see the new leaves appear in Spring and then change colour in Autumn.