[dp0622]

I was gonna put this question under “a friend said to me” but hell, the world hates a coward.

It was 45 today in NYC. It’s gonna be 82 in a few days.

I dont remember with my middle aged brain if that’s the norm through spring or if it’s just a random occurrence based on normal weather patterns this time of year.

Forget about global climate change nonsense, HOW does weather change 40 degrees in a few days? Fascinating.

But in full disclosure, I am embarrassed but courageous enough to say that the SJW onslaught combined with the extreme change in weather here the next few days, for a BRIEF part of a second, made me wonder :(

We’re only human :(

[dp0622]

I HOPE THERE’S NO VIKING KITTIES IN MY FUTURE!!!

[PAR35]

You can get 40 degree plus swings in 36 hours in Texas.

[mass55th]

It's been in the mid 30's over night here in central NY State. Tomorrow rain and snow mixed...high of 50. It's 43 now, and supposed to go down to 36 tonight. I've still had to run my heat in the mornings to warm my apartment up. Most years we end up going right from Winter to Summer, with very little spring at all. It looks like it's going to be that way this year too. We had a heavy, wet snow storm on Mother's Day here back in 2000.

I was in Normandy in early May in 2006. The weather was gorgeous. In Paris, people were still wearing sweaters and winter coats. I must have looked like a freak to them because I wasn't wearing a jacket or coat. The temperatures were in the high 50's or low 60's. Later that same May, the bus tour I was on was in the Scottish Highlands. It was snowing, and some of the people on the bus were from Australia. They'd never seen snow before, and had the bus driver stop so they could get pictures of it to show the people back home.

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[daniel1212]

The other question is, why is it that when we have higher than noraml temps it seem to be widely broadcast,, but try Googling "april 2018 below normal temp" (without quotes) during the last 7 day period and tell me what come up with, versus "february 2018 above normal temp" from Feb. 22 to March 1.

For the record, I only found the one report for the former, and that was by searching during the last 24 hours:

Ryan | weather.us on Twitter: "April 2018 is in the bag. Lower 48 ... https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/991341763255263232

45 mins ago - April 2018 is in the bag. Lower 48 temperatures were anomalously cold across much of the central & eastern USA. Monthly temp of 48.5°F is more than 3°F below the last 30-years average. Coolest April since 1997 (47.5°F) and almost 5°F cooler than last year (53.2°F).pic.twitter.com/JL8faZuVSS. 8:41 AM - 1 May 2018.