Is the weather more extreme?

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Rose65

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It sounds a bit of a strange question but has the weather really changed?

I can remember back decades in the UK to extremely cold winters, feet of snow so we dug out our front doors to get out, skating on icy lakes, floods in Wales on holiday which forced us to pack and go home, very hot summers with fires in woodlands. I don't think I remember worrying all that much or maybe my younger self was more resilient.

So I do wonder is it just more reported like everything these days now with danger emphasised far more?
 

It's been a strange year here, weather wise. For the first time in years, we had proper snow in winter, but then spring was late in coming.
This was followed by a long dry period when we were having to water the garden every day and the plants were slow to grow. A short 'summer' with the sort of temps you would expect has given way to cold, damp, miserable weather where we are having to use the central heating in July.

Overall, the weather has been worse this year. Global warming? - send some of it this way please.
 

Weather has definitely changed since I was young.

Spring arrives by April; gradually warmer every day and some rainy days.
Summer had good warm days and not many very hot, humid days.
Fall was cooler nights and mornings but warm days followed by the crisper air moving in.
Winter had colder days with lots of snow which rarely melted before March.

Now:
Where is spring? Lots of rain followed by not so warm days.
Summer comes suddenly with hot, humid days and sometimes rainy or long stretches without rain.
Fall is hardly noticeable as summer days extend into it and sometimes rain.
Winter is much less snow and sometimes you can bbq outside for Thanksgiving (ours is mid-Oct.) or we can get dumped with huge amounts of snow at one time.

I still really enjoy the seasons and would never live anywhere else.
 
Ice caps are melting due to an overall increase in the average temperature on Earth. In 1994, the planet was losing around 800 billion metric tons of ice per year. Today, the planet loses around 1.2 trillion tons per year. Altogether, Earth has lost around 28 trillion tons of ice in the past three decades.

That number is accelerating each decade. It is reported that [Antarctica](https://study.com/learn/lesson/antarctica-overview-geography-terrain.html) is losing ice polar ice at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year, and Greenland is losing polar ice at a rate of 280 billion tons per year.

Due to this and how barbaric mankind is, weā€™ve lost 83% of our precious animal species.

We have global flooding, hurricanes, more wild fires than we can handle, extreme temperatures ( this year some places on earth reaching a high of 54 Celsius or 129.2 Fahrenheit). The hottest recorded weather was on July 10th, 1913 - 134 degrees Fahrenheit, hail the size of golf balls mid summer, more tornados than ever.

Of course we are getting extreme weather. You just have to look further than your own backyard.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/extreme-weather
 
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jujube said:
I know it's become more extreme in the 45 years I've lived here in Central Florida. Thank goodness I won't be around in another 45 years to see what it's like then.
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I too am glad I will not be around in future years when life will become extremely hard.
 
No. Winters are still cold, snowy and icy while summers are hot, humid and stormy. Climate change is just another scam from a government who wants to limit our freedoms and restrict our movement while taxing us into extinction. Please don't tell me you cannot see this clearly by now? That climate change is a new way to lock you down, for your own protection, they'll say. And it will be just like covid. You know this even if you cannot admit it publicly. In your hearts you know it is true.
 
I"m in northern New Jersey. I think there has been a change in the weather patterns. I don't remember it ever being this hot (real feel supposed to get to 105 Wednesday, last week it reached 103) or having this much rain, sometimes quite heavy, over a couple of weeks. We are predicted to have thunderstorms almost every day during the coming week, as it was last week. It's getting hard to plan any outdoor activities. We hardly had any snow this winter, but of course some areas had record numbers. From the news reports, this kind of extreme, record breaking weather is hitting every part of the globe.
 
Wrong question if trying to make a standalone argument connecting to global warming science that has recently been in so much news. Asking people about their local region anecdotal weather extreme experiences is exactly what those with an economic driven agenda to counter science, regularly blurt out which is purposefully manipulative science nonsense. In other words, science expects more extreme weather ON AVERAGE globally in both warmer and colder directions with more violent storms, but what happens about individual regions could be anywhere on that Bell Curve. The above noted, there is value in relating about recent extremes in either direction within one's specific region as possible evidence pointing towards a global picture.
 
I think the last several years the Winters have been warmer. I live in a mountainous region where when I was younger we could get some severe weather during the Winter. The past couple of Winters it has been a lot milder.
 
I know, as I write this, it will be severely attacked, will anger and offend.

I think the "theory" of global warming put out by Al Gore was to sell books.
From the perspective of the multiverse, this is a NEW, violent, untamed,
unsophisticated planet full of chaos, storms, volcanos, eruptions, tornados,
storms, ferocity, unruly, unsettled, wild; even brutal.
CAUSED BY the quality of thought sent into the atmosphere by MAN!
Many disruptions are still to occur, probably for billions of years.

As man evolves into a calmer, gentler, more intelligent, more spiritual being,
nature must respond with tranquil, serenity, stillness, sweetness and the intense
beauty as it was intended. What man radiates to his surroundings must occur.

This, of course, is my opinion only.
 
Interesting take on it, Gaer. Have never considered it from that aspect. I'm not angered or offended and certainly won't attack. Does give one pause.

Regrettably, fear it may be many millennia before mankind becomes tranquil, serene, still and sweet. At least as it appears now days. One can hold out hope, though.

Have not lived in any one area long enough to sense or comment on local climate change. That said, there is one thing I have come to notice in the twenty years since retirement I've been in Houston. Weather forecasting is not what it used to be. Whatever model or algorithm or software TV weather forecasting relies on is missing the mark. By a lot and often enough I no longer watch it.

Now rely on National Weather Radio for emergency notifications and in-general daily forecast.
 
Last January the Hunga Tonga undersea volcano erupted violently blasting 50 million tons of water vapor into the stratosphere. It was quite an event. Some experts said the eruption was on par with that of Krakatoa. The stratosphere is normally warmer than the trophosphere where our weather occurs. Researchers noted the added water vapor caused a significant cooling of our stratosphere, so much so, it surprised them. Globally, 50 million tons of added water vapor isn't that much they opined. :rolleyes:
 
Since climate change is the narrative these days, we can't help but to look for signs of it where we live. For the first time last winter I did not have to use the snow thrower, but not too many years previous, I was inundated.
 
Been watching some documentaries on what is happening in the arctic. The permafrost is melting, resulting in decomposition of organic matter, leading to more carbon released and also more landscape to heat up, resulting in melting at even a faster rate. Also, large amounts of methane gas are being released in some arctic regions. When this permanent frost is gone, those in the south could be in some trouble. This should not be a divisive political issue.
 
Climate getting warmer? Sure. How much do we have to do with it? Not sure. Think we can reverse it? No way. Have to agree with chic.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Ice caps are melting due to an overall increase in the average temperature on Earth. In 1994, the planet was losing around 800 billion metric tons of ice per year. Today, the planet loses around 1.2 trillion tons per year. Altogether, Earth has lost around 28 trillion tons of ice in the past three decades.

That number is accelerating each decade. It is reported that [Antarctica](https://study.com/learn/lesson/antarctica-overview-geography-terrain.html) is losing ice polar ice at an average rate of about 150 billion tons per year, and Greenland is losing polar ice at a rate of 280 billion tons per year.

Due to this and how barbaric mankind is, weā€™ve lost 83% of our precious animal species.

We have global flooding, hurricanes, more wild fires than we can handle, extreme temperatures ( this year some places on earth reaching a high of 54 Celsius or 129.2 Fahrenheit). The hottest recorded weather was on July 10th, 1913 - 134 degrees Fahrenheit, hail the size of golf balls mid summer, more tornados than ever.

Of course we are getting extreme weather. You just have to look further than your own backyard.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/extreme-weather
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Exactly! And we were warned 40 years ago that this would happen....no I won't be around either when it gets really bad but my grandchildren will.
 
Or the earth will freeze, or we will be hit by a comet/asteroid, or Yellowstone explodes, or ....... blah blah blah. Still expensive to buy oceanside property though. When the multi millionaires like Obama.... 2 oceanside homes by the way, start selling then you can worry. Other wise it's a way to increase taxes and control your movement.
 
The last two years we've had the first 'real' winters since 2010 with plenty of snow. Spring has been slow in coming with little rain for the crops. Summer has been disappointing with only brief periods of the temperature you would normally expect. It's been an odd year, but by no means extreme.
 

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