On this day in 1900. Hasn't hit 90 this summer. My mother often talked about hot it was in the '30's. Interesting.
On this day in 1900. Hasn't hit 90 this summer. My mother often talked about hot it was in the '30's. Interesting.
I haven't seen a "Summer that wasn't" like this since '96.
The only consistent thing about weather is that it is always changing.
That's why we rebranded "global warming" to "climate change".
It was another cool rainy day off. My winter depression is never going away at this rate.
98 degrees is when I start talking about that it might be a bit warm out
Here in NC, I think we hit 97 or 98 once, otherwise hasn't been completely horrible. There's still a few weeks to go though.
Flashback to the 70's when the next ice-age was coming, and we'd all be using the metric system soon.
Robbie wrote: That's why we rebranded "global warming" to "climate change".
Yep, the old term confused people who don't understand averages.
iceracer wrote: My mother often talked about hot it was in the '30's.
There was one summer in particular (I think maybe 1936) where it was terribly hot all over. Many of the all time high temps in Minnesota occurred that year, I remember my parents talking about it as well. No A/C back then either, so people would be sleeping out in their yards for relief. Social mores about clothing were different back then as well, so no shorts and T-shirts in public.
We had a scorching week until the wind changed & blew all the smoke from the forest fires this way, damping out the sun. Haven't seen rain since June 12th.
poopshovel again wrote: Flashback to the 70's when the next ice-age was coming, and we'd all be using the metric system soon.
A real shame the US backed out of switching to the metric system...and that a small group of nutballs got so much media attention with their global cooling scare:
http://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.5.8195/full/
stuart in mn wrote: Social mores about clothing were different back then as well, so no shorts and T-shirts in public.
I wish we could put that back into effect.
Weekend before last I polished up my car. Last weekend I did a full, in depth, detail job on the bike. It's August in central Texas, it never rains...or so I thought. Forecast is for rain pretty much all week.
We had a nice mild winter and so far it has been followed by a mild summer.
We haven't been over 90 this month so far. And according to the forecast, we won't cross 90 this week either. Since we are usually well into the 90s during August, that's climate change I can live with. 
My heat index of 102 doesn't know about this cool summer.
We just had our 3rd hottest July on record and are on track for having our worst forest fire year since the 1950's. It was also an unusually long and cold winter.
It just depends on where you live.
GameboyRMH wrote:Robbie wrote: That's why we rebranded "global warming" to "climate change".Yep, the old term confused people who don't understand averages.
See, while I agree the branding was changed to grab the attention of folks who know less about the issue, I think the movement has gone way too far with statements like this.
"People who don't understand averages." And "people who don't understand science". Are now used frequently by climate change movement promoters. These are really unfair statements, meant to get people who truly don't understand the issue by calling them dumb if they are not. And they really don't have anything to do with climate change.
So, while I agree that we should take responsibility for our actions, I strongly disagree with much of the climate change messaging because it is clearly bs meant to bully people who don't understand the issue.
Just like anything else in politics I guess. Grr. Rant off.
GameboyRMH wrote:Robbie wrote: That's why we rebranded "global warming" to "climate change".Yep, the old term confused people who don't understand averages.
The new term confuses people who don't understand the difference between "climate" and "weather".
I don't see it as a re branding at all. It's one in the same because climate change is caused by global warming. Problem was that when using the term global warming those who don't understand science would walk in to congress with a snowball in their hand and claim it's a hoax.
After having one of the wettest springs on record we are now having an extremely hot and dry summer. Time for wild fires.
102 degrees in 1918. High of 75 today. I can remember how my mother used nature to control the heat. As soon as the sun went down she would open all/most of the windows then close them up when the sun came up.
stuart in mn wrote:iceracer wrote: My mother often talked about hot it was in the '30's.There was one summer in particular (I think maybe 1936) where it was terribly hot all over. Many of the all time high temps in Minnesota occurred that year, I remember my parents talking about it as well. No A/C back then either, so people would be sleeping out in their yards for relief. Social mores about clothing were different back then as well, so no shorts and T-shirts in public.
I know there was a particularly cold/bad winter in 1944. It was the primary reason the Germans where able to get so far at the Battle of the Bulge (allies could not put there massive air superiority into effect). Probably not a happy time for the German on the eastern front though.
I always wondered if it had anything to do with the massive amount of particulates that where put into the air / atmosphere because of the war. Probably not, but I do know the British were purposely making there own weather in some German cities in the form of fire storms (kind of like a convection oven of human death).
118 out here (and workin the flightline) 
but it's a dry heat?
Right now, it's 75*.
August, and 75*. Those are usually mutually exclusive.
I think I should type that a few more times, it makes me smile.
August, and 75*.
August, and 75*.
August, and 75*.
Call it whatever you want, it's August, and 75*. 
Really thought the ice age was here in Jan, 1970. It hardly got above zero the whole month. My father taught me how the metric system was sneaky in car manufacturing. Ball and roller bearings and spark plugs for a couple. yeah, I know there were a few inch plugs but they faded away.
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