In this changing environment, the methods that used to work don’t anymore. Years much more that 25 ago just are not good indicators. ENSO not reliable. Many new indexes unproven
Here we sit on top of a big pot of water with 4% of the planet populated and built upon . We need to look elsewhere other than we are warming that pot from the top down. We don’t have the power to do that. We need to look from the bottom up and therein will lie the answer
I don’t worry too much about the recentness because it’s mostly the mins doing that and I continue to say that DCA has an impediment to nighttime radiational that other stations do not
Thanks for the great details
The 80’s had some doozies.
1980 was king and then 2010 rivaled it and 2011 and 2012 beat it.
MN might know . I think 1980 might still have record for most 90+ in a row? The averages for 11 and 12 were unique and one of those had 7 100’s with one station but I forget with 11?
4 in a row for DCA. Gotta go back to 1930 to find that. I think 1930 had a higher 4 day average but otherwise it’s this.
So other illuminated folks ; how does this fit in with 2010,11,12 ?
I was a 1980 hugger until the torrid terrible trio 2010-2012
I keep it in 76.5 and from 1-6 it’s on for 10 to 20 minutes and off for 6-12 and repeat. CAC and split level. It’s warmer up top from 3-6:30 until sun gets off house so just don’t do things up there then. Family room in bottom level gets almost zero sun so it’s very nice for when we start doing this 97+ stuff