I think you’re using that data wrong. For example, we once had 0.02" of rain on July 23rd. That was the ONLY time rain had ever been recorded on July 23rd since records have been kept starting in 1894(?). It has never rained on that date since. Is this a significant event, after all, it is unique in recorded history. But if we compare this to other dates in July, we find this to be a very typical value, dates where there’s been only two or three recorded rainfalls, all a few hundredth of an inch.
I’m looking at {weather.gov –> local area –> Climate, Local –> Record Event Report} that’s available throughout the United States. I see about a half dozen records broken every month for the past 6 months in my local area, we’ve seen 30 or 40 records broken in just 6 months … and the weather’s been pretty average.
+6ºF is normal for Atlanta, Georgia … that happens several times per century and will continue to happen even with Climate Stability.
Statistics don’t lie, but … welll … you know that line. Please post the complete dataset, which includes relative humidity, winds, pressure, particle counts and the other metrics involved in climate.
Dear Lord Almighty … I don’t live in Atlanta … 2000 miles away is WAY to close in my opinion. That data is from my local NWS office, you know, from meteorologists who aren’t afraid of math.
Records are broke ALL THE TIME. What is not broken are the ALL TIME records for a state. Those are very rare to be broken. As in, the hottest ever in California, or the coldest ever in Ohio, that sort of record.
What can I do in my every day life to help stop the global cooling?
I’m shopping for a new station wagon, and Cadillac CTS Wagon gets about 14 MPG.
It might not be much, but it’'s a start…
Ex-fucking-actly. The source in question provides links to 2 articles from TIME magazine, blaming the “polar vortex” for both global cooling and global warming. Obviously, it can’t be trusted.