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Or, he could be observing that there were noticeably more noticeably hotter days last summer.
by knowaveragejoe 11y ago
Or, he could be observing that there were noticeably more noticeably hotter days last summer.
- md224 11y agoThe problem is extrapolating from local weather to "climate change is real!" or "climate change is a lie!" We mock idiotic politicians who use snowstorms to "debunk" global warming; we should hold the other side to the same standard.
- yongjik 11y agoThere's a difference. Of course, if someone says "My country was so hot last year, this proves global warming!" then it's BS. On the other hand, since we know that global warming is happening, it's totally legitimate to say "My country was so hot last year, it sucked, and thanks to Global Warming we can expect more such years to come in the future. Why aren't we doing anything about it?"
- baddox 11y agoLet's say summer is 100 days, and "normally" there are 10 days of 90-degree highs (the hot days) and 90 days of 70-degree highs. That's an average high of 72 degrees. Now, if you have a summer with one additional hot day, the average high is 72.2 degrees, which is about the 0.23 degree average increase observed. Obviously these numbers are made up, but could you really just casually notice only one more hot day than normal? It seems like you'd need to be keeping count to have any sort of confidence that this summer was hotter than normal.