It all depends on the sun. If the monthly sunspot average for cycle 24 does not go significantly above 50, we are gonna be hurting. Every winter will be colder until possibly the next active period. If last winter did not wake em up, we shall see what happens this winter.
Yes, I was being a bit flip! My major point was the the sun’s cycle probably controls more of our climate than those idiot Climate Change specialists know or even care (actually, they seem to care about the money mostly). As to the rest...it’s just happening as it will...
Our local weather up in the PNW is already claiming we will leave the El Nino (mild/warm) year and go into El Nina (cold/snowy) early year.
I prefer the EL Dude. Had a great year getting out to events.
Hope they are very wrong and El Nino sticks around for another year.