From the always-valuable University of Alabama Huntsville. Chart Here The downtick from last year’s El Nino continues, with February being a ginormous 0.35° above baseline. This is a surprise to folks around here (Chicago) where we experienced a stunningly mild February, but it shows once again that local isn’t global, and weather isn’t climate.
Let the pants-shitting begin.
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40 responses to “Global Warming Update- February 2017”
Yeah, it’s been the nicest winter that I can remember here in Columbus although we do have a little snow on the ground today. We all died.
It’s been warm up here in Cleveland as well. This morning sucked though, we got hit with lake effect snow starting last night, it took me an hour to drive the 7 miles into the office.
I was looking forward to a little of the white stuff. Bitterly disappointed.
Here in arkansas we had two separate days in mid February that reached the mid eighties. The temperature broke the previous daily record both times. I went croppie fishing both days. If global warming means croppie fishing comes early every year, them I’m for it.
*heads outside to light pile of used tires on fire*
Repent, ye sinners! Judgement Day is upon us. Only through surrender to Gaia’s undying love will you be redeemed! Cast off your material possessions and fall on your knees and beg for forgiveness. Only the righteous will be saved, those worthy few who embrace the Word of Green shall be uplifted to the primordial world. The sinners shall be damned to walk the fiery path of the Earth.
Bar codes are the Mark of the Beast.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES.
THERE SHALL BE NO OTHERS BEFORE HIM. TO FOLLOW GAIA IS TO BE LOST. ZARDOZ WILL CLEANSE THOSE WHO STRAY.
STEVE SMITH NOT SURE THIS NEW MATERIAL IS RIGHT FOR HIS ACT.
How do we know if STEVE SMITH isn’t a Brutal Exterminator? Or, more likey a Brutal Rapesterminator?
How about I just stick my dick in the dirt and call it a day?
This time last year (central Massachusetts), we still had plenty of snow on the ground. This year, it looks more like late April. This global warming thing is turning out pretty nice, I guess I’ll just leave my woodchipper running all day to help warm the earth.
Why do you hate glaciers? Fun fact, Columbus was covered with a mile thick glacier just 18,000 years ago. I really miss it. Stupid Aborigines and their fossil fuels.
You joke but in fact the aborigines here added quite a bit of CO2 to the atmosphere. Nearly the entire MS valley was burned off every year so that grass instead of trees would grow. They were quite fond of buffalo and actively expanded buffalo habitat. We have two bayous that wind through thick lowland forest here in Louisiana and a small town named Bayou Boeuf (thats what frogs call buffalo). Mud cores from the great lakes contain large amounts of soot and grass pollen showing yearly burnings/growing starting near where the aborigines arrived up until European arrival.
An acre of grass and brush release a shit-ton of CO2 when it burns.
I live outside Nashville where Mother Gaia unleashed her tornado demons upon the marina where I keep my boat. Thankfully Tipsy was spared, and I haven’t even been recycling. Go figure.
Here in lovely RVA, it was 80 degrees two days ago and a balmy 27 this morning. I really don’t care whether it’s warm or cold, just pick one already!
Rockaway Beach, NYC here. High 60s° yesterday, windows open fans on. This morning, 19° when I schlepped the kids to school.
When the kids come home, do they hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach? Cause, y’know, it’s not far, not hard to reach.
* SLAP *
Standard winter around these parts. That is, bitterly cold and lotsa snow.
Is there any other season in Canada?
Georgia’s been nice and cool this time of year. Really appreciating the mildness of this year.
Speaking of, I was always amused at my coworkers disdain for southern drivers when the south was getting hit with a couple inches of ice and snow last year and year before, which caused widespread traffic jams and accidents.
They couldn’t believe that people were struggling with weather phenomenon that they themselves handle with ease, but none of them seemed to realize that there’s hardly any snow plows or salt trucks available in the south, so even the smallest bit of ice can cause havoc.
Exactly. I just use the analogy of hurricane Sandy destroying New Jersey.
I seem to recall the supposedly winter-hardened drivers in Madison WI acting like they had never seen snow or ice before every frickin’ winter when the first snowstorm came.
Right yeah people pretty much drive the same in snow/ice/rain. They drive like assholes normally but it’s amplified.
Maybe an inch of snow in DC this year. Unlike ZARDOZ, I am very pleased.
Colder and more rainy than usual this winter in Oregon. And the most snow in 30 years in January.
70 then 40, 70 then 40, all through Late January and all of February this year near D.C.
HOLY SHIT THE CHART!
LOOK AT IT! BIG, GLORIOUS, LEGIBLE!
What sorcery is this that you can enlarge a chart that the all seeing powers of TSTSNBN can’t? You are a special demon for sooth.
I’m all sciency and shit.
You SCIENCED THE SHIT OUT OF IT!!!!
I would like to point out that most of what he was doing was more engineering than “science” per se. Science is the formulating testing and observing results of hypothesis. Ostensibly he was an educated botanist and already, on the backs of thousands of years of science regarding potatoes and how to count to them, knew what nutrient requirements were needed and life cycles etc. So, more engineer than scientists and even a little technician since much of his equipment already existed.
p.s. I love putting those things in boxes.
Splitter!
Yeah that annoyed me about that meeting.
I f*cking love science!
It’s not science, it’s bacon magic!
https://youtu.be/Tfmdv68nOck?t=15
I’m still trying to figure out if this is a threat. *adjusts belt*
I see your point. There IS slicing involved. But that’s how you MAKE bacon. And making bacon this quickly is magical!
Rebuttal.
I notice no talk of the ‘polar vortex DOOM DOOM DOOM!’ this year.
Hit 70F a few days ago. This morning it was 18F with a high of 26F. Balmy.
But still, compared to the past few years, this has been one nice winter – especially for Michigan.
I do remember the winter of ’87-’88 being much like this (teenage memory): like driving with the sunroof open during Christmas. Or my GF using her bicycle in February.