No U.S. states had a record cold winter. Nine had a record hot one
www.scientificamerican.com
Though it may surprise East Coasters, the story of this winter was not record cold but record heat
  • TachyonTele@piefed.socialEnglish
    51·
    2 days ago

    It was 70 last week. And then it dropped overnight to 35. My buddy says “so much for global warming huh?” like it wasn’t just 70 fucking degrees out for a week in the middle of winter.

    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, I was working on getting the AC units working again and my twin was just “Don’t worry, it’s going to snow tomorrow” (well, a few days ago now) and I just was like. Hell. It’s hell.

    • Bakkoda@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      Feb the recorded temp at my house was -13F (-25C ish). March 8th was 77F (HotC). Kind of wild.

      • 8uurg@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        77F is 25C. That is quite the temperature swing: even bigger than the warmest day in a year vs the coldest day in a year in many places…

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    I keep telling myself out of habit “oh spring isn’t here for the year. We haven’t had the Easter snow yet”

    I don’t think that’s gonna happen this year. And maybe it won’t ever happen again…

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    We barely had a winter here in NM. And, it looks like we’re about to skip Spring, 90F is forecast for next week. We don’t usually see that until May.

    • Votes@piefed.socialEnglish
      24·
      2 days ago

      Looks like the Salt Lake, other bodies of water like Lake Okeechobee in Florida or the Salton Sea are the same color.