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He is the shining light here, he recognizes that the Paris Treaty is now out of date and we need much faster action now and stronger penalties for those nations who dont. This is a sad commentary, but the rising number of climate catastrophes and their multibillion dollar costs is actually a good thing as it is going to motivate conservatives and so-called moderates in states like Louisiana and Florida to faster action. The more disasters we have and the faster they occur the better for the changes we need. Ditto for pandemics and getting universal healthcare. Sad commentary on the state of this country but this is where we are.

wow a bit more tepid than Jan 2015....but Mar 01 is considered the bigger bust?

We hope they will, but it's going to be a wait and see attitude because some of the people on their transition team have connections to the fossil fuel cartel. Cedric Richmond and Moniz in particular. It's been talked about before. Richmond was one of a few Democrats who voted to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline.[18] He is the fifth-biggest recipient of money from fossil fuel donors among House Democrats. The League of Conservation Voters gave him one of the lowest ratings for any Democrat in Congress.[19] https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-appoints-fossil-fuel-ally-cedric-richmond-as-his-climate-movement-liason

I'm waiting for some AFD's from the March 2001 fiasco.

did you hear about this big event that will occur in the latter part of December? Wow this link says they will be close enough to seem like a single point of light https://www.sciencealert.com/the-planets-will-align-in-christmas-week-for-a-rare-spectacle-not-seen-in-800-years?fbclid=IwAR1R1rtsaSHcIAh8yKaFgAM99SLeBDPlhoPnTEKWg-mvd-V98VNK-34h7bw In that image you can see their moons clustered around them as if they were all about to collide..... "You'd have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky." To get the best viewing experience for this spectacular show, you're going to need to be somewhere near the equator – but if the skies are clear then the alignment should still be visible from just about anywhere on Earth. The pair of planets will show up in the night sky for about an hour after sunset each evening, according to astronomers. If you're hoping to catch a glimpse yourself, you'll need to point your telescope towards the western sky. "On the evening of closest approach on Dec 21 they will look like a double planet, separated by only 1/5th the diameter of the full moon," says Hartigan. "For most telescope viewers, each planet and several of their largest moons will be visible in the same field of view that evening." "The further north a viewer is, the less time they'll have to catch a glimpse of the conjunction before the planets sink below the horizon." The planets will be bright enough in the sky to be visible in twilight, which might be the best time to try and take a look at them if you're in the US. Websites such as Stellarium should help you work out where you should be looking from your vantage point. While this kind of alignment hasn't occurred since the Middle Ages, it will happen again fairly soon, in March 2080. After that though, Jupiter and Saturn won't get as close in our night sky until 2400.

the issue was that we waited for it to snow all day and the heavy snow occurred in the middle of the night when most us were asleep. I HATE THAT

didn't realize 2009 was on this list, that was a classic snowy winter that comes after a mild November.

Don didn't Jan 2000 have a crazy weird freak snowstorm? But it snowed in the south and rained in the north?

are we going to have to recalibrate what we consider el nino or la nina?

the big difference is that la ninas that come after moderate or strong el ninos are some of our snowiest winters.

Do you remember that crazy storm on Christmas Eve in Dec 1994? Was that actually a tropical storm making landfall at JFK after getting Fujiwhara-ed?

1999 is catching up quick....I see a lot of records both in the east and west that were previously set in 1999. I just have caution with it because of the 11 yr cycle. By the way, this is far out there, but what do you see for next summer? 2021 is part of the 11 yr cycle of hot summers but if we have a developing el nino next year it might be like some of the 11 year cycle summers that had a developing el nino which have a week or two of heat but mild besides that (then again there's 2002 which was pretty hot throughout; it's not part of the 11 yr cycle of extremely hot summers but shows that you can have a hot eastern summer even during a developing el nino.) I've also seen 1975-76 being tossed out there....what do you think of that comparison? The funny thing about 2005-06 was that the second half of winter should have been more wintry.....March was pretty cold but we didn't get much snow. Most of the snow we got that winter was concentrated in two storms, the one in December and the other one in February. As you mentioned previously, in la ninas, December tends to be an indicator for how the winter will go. It doesn't even have to be the beginning of December, but if you have a decent snow event sometime during the month it usually means good things for the rest of winter.

if we get a moderate or strong el nino next year it may eat into what was set to be another baking hot summer following in the 11 yr cycle. The summers in the 11 yr cycle that haven't been extremely hot (but still had periods of extreme heat) were all developing el ninos. Then again so was 2002.....

1999 appears to be a strong analog for both the east and west coast

Reminds me of 2010 here!

Don what were the highs across the region yesterday? Did anyone make it to 70? The highest I saw was 68 on Long Island

on the other hand, some of our strongest el ninos have been snowless a la 1997-98

I have a small pond that froze on Wednesday and a cat was licking ice off the top of it lol.

yes same thing happened in the late 80s/early 90s...enso didnt matter we got cutter/hugger regardless. If it wasnt that the storms missed us out to sea or to our south lol. It sounds like the last few years....

not Jan 2016?

it also hit 32 at JFK and the temp was exactly 0.0 C in my urbanized part of SW Nassau County a few miles SE of JFK on Oct 31.

I concur with you guys, it would be amazing if they could replant it. I also gained some more empathy for trees after watching Cosmos s 3 e 7, where it was mentioned that trees reach out with their roots to sustain one of their own that just got cut off at the trunk and how a "mother" tree controls the growth of her offspring. All very eye-opening.

Are there any that you are putting more weight in above the rest, Ray? I have them listed as follows: 1) 2007 2) 1970 3) 1999 and 2010 a very distant fourth lol. Also wondering if you considered 2005-06?

He was indeed. Cosmos and Contact were two of my favorite books

did any part of our area get into the teens? FOK or MJX perhaps?