Tukma@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe planet just shattered heat records for the ninth month in a row | CNNedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down16
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkThe planet just shattered heat records for the ninth month in a row | CNNedition.cnn.comTukma@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareMorefan@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·edit-210 months ago So, what did February look like in the pre-industrial period of 1850-1900? We do have weather data back to the 1870s in the U.S. and can look at Minneapolis to compare: Check out the cold outlier months of Feb 1875 and Feb 1936 w/average high temperature below 8°F Feb 1877 and 1878: 41°F and 40°F Feb 2024: 43°F Taking into account 150-years of global warming of about 2°F, we can see 2024 and 1877 and 1878 are equivalent. What was happening in 1877 and 1878? A very strong El Niño, just like this recent February. Also, 1882 was very war, also over 40°F. https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1765769878009418021 In other words, the ongoing global weather patterns and warmth are exactly what a climate scientist who understands variability would expect. It is easily explainable.
https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1765769878009418021