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Old 11-25-2016, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Palo Alto
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According to The NY Times Palo Alto is 2.7F warmer than last year. According to NOAA the long-term change is almost zero.

I guess liberals don't know the difference between weather and climate.
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Old 11-25-2016, 11:03 AM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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It says "Warmer than normal". What exactly is normal anyway?
I believe it is the average temperature of the 20th century.
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Old 11-25-2016, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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some people have nothing better to do than spend hours looking up charts and stats; how exciting is that?
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Old 11-25-2016, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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some people have nothing better to do than spend hours looking up charts and stats; how exciting is that?
Not very, but better than burying your head in the sand. Earth is the only home we have, and I believe it's prudent to be aware of what is happening to it.
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Old 11-25-2016, 02:38 PM
 
Location: Midwest City, Oklahoma
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I believe it is the average temperature of the 20th century.
Actually, it was the average temperature from 1981 to 2010. But I wasn't asking what their definition of normal was. I was asking more broadly, what exactly is a normal temperature anyway?


Does the Earth have a normal temperature?
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Old 11-25-2016, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Keller, TX
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Winter 2015-2016 was warmer than usual, Summer 2016 was slightly cooler than usual. I'll take it!
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Old 11-25-2016, 02:41 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Its much colder than the last 5 years... not warmer, where I live...
Same here in SoCal. We have another storm coming in tonight and, hopefully, this Winter might be the drought buster.

Drought Monitor

While 43% of the state remains in extreme-to-exceptional drought, important changes have occurred in the northwestern parts of California as of November 1, 2016. Areas affected by moderate-to-severe drought conditions have declined from 41% to 32% of the state over the past month. About 12% of the state is now identified as drought-free, namely Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, and most of Trinity and Shasta counties.

http://www.californiadrought.org/dro...nt-conditions/

I have a feeling this Winter will be very wet.


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Does the Earth have a normal temperature?
No, in fact, we've been enjoying a "warm cycle' over the last 250 years. The tilt of the earth changes, the heat of the sun changes, and the pendulum will swing back to cold just as it has thousands of times.
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Old 11-25-2016, 02:42 PM
 
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For the past 17 years I've worked in a hospital boiler room. We have a thermometer on the roof in the shade. We take temperature readings twice a shift, three shifts per day. We've had very cold spells and very hot spells but nothing that stands out as a definitive trend.
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Old 11-25-2016, 05:14 PM
 
Location: Chicago Area
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Almost exactly average for me. Who determines what the average is?
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Old 11-25-2016, 05:17 PM
 
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Average for my city. Some higher temps, some lower temps. Its been a dry fall, though. The lack of hurricanes has had an impact on replenishing regional aquifers.
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