LibertyBell

I'm looking through my pictures to see what year my garden did the best, it turns out it was 1993. But I was also using cow manure back then..... lol

The cold is more of a problem than lack of rainfall for those-- we already have way too much rain. I grow those myself-- peppers need hot weather to grow well.

I like the label "drought resistant"

Plus it's really hard to do anything with so much sogginess everywhere. It also promotes dangerous bugs who spread disease (like mosquitoes and ticks.)

or 1 inch every 10 days which is good.

and these players are not actually better than the players from the earlier era because everyone is hitting like that. It's why normalizing this behavior isn't the right way to do things.

This is why the whole idea of "average" is just an illusion. Another example is the extreme increase in rainfall and earlier last freezes since 2000. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and I distinctly remember our last freeze was around April 10th and we used to average around 40 inches of rain a year. But now our last "average" freeze is considered to be March 30th and our "average" rainfall is now 50 inches of rain a year? How is this even allowed to happen? We really should end climate norms with 2000 and anything that occurred since then should be compared to what happened before.

Chris we notice this ourselves with snow too--- snow that has survived many thaw freeze cycles is much more difficult to melt than new snow, which melts much more quickly. Older snow is much harder, denser and much more difficult to melt.

that was this morning now the sun is out

blame 30 year normals for that they should use the entire climate history of a region to make those calculations

Yes John! I read that the tides have the power to provide energy for two earths, not just the one we have! Gravitational energy-- there is no greater force in the entire universe! It's the ultimate underdog story-- the weakest of the four fundamental forces built the entire universe! Think about the possibilities of creating micro black holes and how much energy we could harvest from those!

It was hard to do any gardening in most of April because everything was soggy and wet. I wish we had our normal rainfall patterns of the 80s and 90s when we got like 1 inch of rain every 10 days or so-- this is my ideal. No 2 inch or 3 inch rainstorms, just an inch of rain (preferably at night) maybe 3 times a month.

Yes even sunny and 50s is fine lol

I do and rain prevents it from happening. I use a garden hose for all my watering needs.

It was between TWC and AM Weather on PBS/Ch21 here. Before I had cable, I used to watch AM Weather during the 90s.

The GOAT!

Good, let it stay dry for many weeks.

wow in our warmest winter on record.... and even after that big heatwave in April!

Definitely-- I remember 2010 when we had 3 100+ degree days on the south shore but it was nice and dry and the heat really did not feel bad at all because it was so nice and dry!

Thanks, Chris, what's their latest freeze on record-- May 31st I think? and wow 42 degrees is VERY cold for JFK on May 18th!

we are now building wind farms that will power millions of homes though. I think wind is the future of energy for us and it will happen quicker than many think. The long island wind farm project is quite extensive!

I mean it's a really good thing for the fertility rate to go down in some of these countries. The extremely high and horrible rates of air pollution in India are both because of an extremely high population and widespread use of vehicles. There's horror stories coming out of there of people having constant headaches and burning eyes every day because the air pollution is so bad and the only time they were able to see the mountains was during the pandemic. The projections say that with lower air pollution the life expectancy in India would be 12 years more.... that's very sad and very scary.

wow how cold did it get down here last May? we've been having a lot of these since 2020.

Wouldn't it be funny if it was so hot that JFK even hit 100 with a sea breeze? If Newark got to 114 JFK would definitely hit 100 even on a southerly breeze.

Good riddance to the rain-- it should only rain every 10 days