LibertyBell

I wonder if this is caused by gravitational changes, the sun has an elliptical path around the center of the galaxy so when we pass through areas with a higher stellar density it could influence the tilt..... it could also lead to more ELE (period mass extinctions seem to happen every 20-25 million years or so.)

what causes changes in the tilt? is this a cyclic change?

Laki (1782), Tambora (1815) and Krakatoa (1886) also had something to do with it.

Volcanic eruptions might been a factor in some of those winters, but it doesn't explain the entire dataset of the 1800s being colder than what started happening during the 1930s either. The most notable volcanic episode was Laki in 1782-83, the winter that followed its eruption was likely the coldest and snowiest winter either North America or Europe has ever had. Washington kept quite the diary of that winter from Morristown NJ. I wonder what the temperature had to be to make the ink in his pen freeze? The lowest documented temperature from that winter that we have is -16 F from NYC just a degree colder than the -15 F that was recorded in February 1934. The 30s were a period of extremes.... Even more notable than the extreme cold was the over one dozen blizzards reported by Washington in our area in that historic winter.

Last year had widespread 80s in November, but I don't think it ever reached 85 did it Don?

thats too cold, 25C is okay I dont want to start my heating until November

Oh I'd really want to see those fireflies and great views. Where are those caves you told me about with stone age neolithic tools? I remember you mentioned them a year or two ago.

Nice to see JFK equal EWR, this is what I call true heat.

30C !!! The highest temperature for the rest of the year, Don ???

I didn't think of you as a Woodstock person Julian

Balancing is how things work after all. I remember the 80s and they were very similar to this and no one was crying about wildfires back then. It's probably all this overgrowth from the years of flooding rains that are causing the wildfires now and that excess foliage needs to burn off.

1983 was one amazing summer (and September was part of that summer.) What did JFK hit, Don? I made it to 85 here.

Made it to 85 today, it's probably not going to be this warm again until next year so savor it!!

it's fine even here with a temperature of 84 and a dew point of 60 some people just like cold weather =\

very similar, and 100 degree days was 3 vs 2

1983: While the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast basked in late summer record heat, wintry weather occurred in the Rockies behind a strong cold front. Record highs in the east included: Reading, PA: 95°, New York (Central Park), NY: 94°, Wilmington, DE: 94°, Baltimore, MD: 94°-Tied, Hartford, CT: 93 °F. (Ref. Many Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) The historic summer of 1983 going out with a bang !!!! Looks like a clean sweep here !!!! Records: Highs: EWR: 93 (1983) NYC: 94 (1983) LGA: 92 (1983) JFK: 90 (1983)

The main difference between those summers was the peak temperatures in 1966 were in the more traditional July 4th week period while this year we had them in late June right after the solstice lol. Was the number of 90/95/100 degree days also similar Tony?

Thats what I did, I no longer have a car. I do use air conditioning but only a room air conditioner in my bedroom. It's wasteful to air condition other rooms when I'm not in them for more than a few minutes at a time. Meanwhile, my neighbor has like 4 cars, one for each member of their family. Lol.

wow it's over 80 here already I wonder if that's ever happened here (I know it happens in Hawaii sometimes) where it's 80+ near the beach and snowing up in the mountains lol

it's already over 80 here today, a nice downsloping W/NW wind too. Do you think today is the hottest day here for the rest of the year, Tony?

That 2 day December 2003 blizzard really stands out for this. It was a blown forecast since the rain/snow line stayed 5 miles south of us and we all got over a foot of snow from that. As a matter of fact when it got colder on the second day of the blizzard we actually got less snow (drier air smaller snowflakes) vs when the rain/snow line was much closer to us on the first day of the blizzard.

it's not that hot it's very humid though.

Yep and that 10 year period from the mid 80s through the early 90s was also much colder than the current period so as soon as we got enough moisture we knew it would still be able to snow. Which is exactly what happened.

The real endangered species is the near normal snowfall seasons. Maybe the same thing is happening with our rainfall patterns too. Everything is becoming more extreme and much more variable.

If you go earlier in the snowfall record even before 1869 it was even snowier and snow stuck around from November to March. There were some 100 inch snowfall winters in there, likely 1782-83, 1804-05, 1836-37, 1844-45.