I love how the TV weather people are ooo-ing and ahhh-ing over the record high temps this week...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

...without ever mentioning climate change. They're in awe and act as if this is totally unexpected and seem to be in wonder about how this is happening.

It reminds me of those shows like "Alaska: The Last Frontier", a show about an Alaskan family of homesteaders are constantly in awe about the climatic changes they are experiencing in living life in Alaska. Never mention climate change. Ever.

It's just incredible how they can stand there awestruck by the climatic changes without ever mentioning climate change as the possible cause.

[tblue37]

1. Yep. I am also surprised at the DU members who are so thrilled to have such nice

weather in December. These temperatures are not a good thing, folks!

[yeoman6987]

2. Everyone is thrilled to save some money this year after last years winter

They mention El Niño from time to time. They said this weather pattern happened in the late 1890's, so it's nothing new.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. The nice weather was cancelled out in February with tons of snow

I'd prefer cold, dry and no precipitation to warm for December and January and then 20 feet of snow.

[daleanime]

3. Yeahup.....

we're excepting to be in the upper 60's on Christmas eve. Who knows, we might even hit 70.

[DustyJoe]

4. Annnnnndd

In New Mexico we are having a typical El-Nino winter we have with every El-Nino in my 60 years living here.
I'm freezing my butt off watching the snow come down.

Enjoy the good weather while you get it.

[PasadenaTrudy]

5. You guys

are looking to get slammed this weekend, at least ABQ and points north. Be careful out there!

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Just wait, since this El Nino is far from typical

just compare and contrast



Ourselves are debating investing on a boat (I half kid)

[panader0]

21. Thanks nadin

Graphics are powerful.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. There is one that is better, but could not find it today

Silly me I have posted it at RSD, give me a sec

here

?w=300&h=169

[Lizzie Poppet]

6. Unprecedented rain here in Portland.

As of yesterday, we set an all-time rainfall record for one month here (no small accomplishment: this is Portland). And only about 2/3rds of the month gone...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. And stories of extremes like you're describing are becoming commonplace. nt

[Atman]

12. When the extreme becomes commonplace it's not extreme anymore.

Kind of like regular mass shootings. TV Newz tells us it's all okay, it's just the "New Normal."

[ProfessorGAC]

10. We've Had A Lot of Rain Too

Chicago area. Don't know if it could have been snow otherwise, but if the whole 1 inch of rain is 6 inches of snow is close to accurate, we'd be buried right now. Over 3.5 inches of rain in December, as of yesterday.

[Lizzie Poppet]

13. That's a good bit. Surprised to know it fell as rain there.

Definitely not what I'd expect in Chicago in December!

We're at 13.5 for December as of yesterday (and it rained most of last night). It's rained every day so far this month. That's not in and of itself all that strange, but some days have seen really heavy rain, too. Rain here is more likely to be almost a heavy mist (that goes on for weeks); actual downpours are less common.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. 13.5?!?!?

Yikes that's a lot of rain in 3 weeks. We had a REALLY wet July, but mostly because of two "10 year" storms where we got 5+ inches in one rainfall.

Should have seen the farm fields around here. They looked like the bayou.

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. Yep.

It takes a lot to cause flooding here (given our normal rainfall, the city is set up pretty well for runoff)...but this month managed to do it! We had been having steady rain for days, so the ground was waterlogged...then got dumped on (don't remember how much).

5" in a single fall? Holy crap! It must have looked like rice paddies.

[Adrahil]

8. Feels like the planet dying to me. It's going to be 65 deg 2 days before Christmas.

30 degrees above normal. yes, the El Nino is the immediate cause. But all this heat from the El Nino came from somewhere...

[hobbit709]

11. First day of winter and it's 76° here.

[retread]

15. Noticed the same here. I think it's more egregious because most of them hold degrees in Meterology.

I would guess it is stated policy from "the powers that be" to avoid mentioning climate change.
I love how they trot out the 30 year average and compare daily weather to it.

[philosslayer]

17. All i know is that two years ago...

I was absolutely freezing my ass off here in the midwest. I have NEVER seen cold like that winter.

[NutmegYankee]

18. In Connecticut, February was the record coldest (110 years of records) and December will be warmest.

Now that's some wacky weather. But denialism is in full force.

[Vinca]

20. We have a prediction of 70 in NH on Christmas Eve. That's totally nuts.

I have to admit I feel guilty for enjoying global warming so much. Last year at this time we'd already been buried in snow and had a several days power outage.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. Remember how the right wing nut job climate change deniers (I'm looking at you SnowBall Jim)...

...were trumpeting the Snowpocalypse? Funny, I can't here them now that the opposite is unfolding.

Are they cold temps in your forecast at all, say for the next 10 days?

[Vinca]

33. I don't think there's anything below freezing and no snow in the forecast to speak of.

They downgraded Thursday to 67, but that's okay. I might go outside and start the spring yard work. LOL. No pesky mosquitoes . . . I hope.

[lpbk2713]

22. Most local news depts have emails up the ying-yang.

RW climate change bots keep their email boxes full. So they don't even dare approach
the subject. Even though they are constantly pointing out high temps here and there.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

24. Hoping we get some actual snow around the start of the New Year in Maine.

I've got my kids signed up for ski lessons, plus I want to go skiing too. So far no snow at all. It sucks for the ski businesses, I'm sure.

[OldHippieChick]

25. I will gladly give you all the cold and snow

we are having in Colorado, except the skiers would shoot me. I'm already very tired of winter. Bah Humbug

[3catwoman3]

27. This is December in the greater Chicago area.

I want snow for Christmas, damn it!

[AwakeAtLast]

28. I have to admit

After the past five winters we've had (Central In.), I'm not going to complain about this weather.

I get what you're saying, but sub-zero temps are not fun!

[AZ Progressive]

29. They attribute it to El Nino, which is a known weather pattern

that is not attributed to climate change.

[JesterCS]

30. 70F today and 70F Saturday here

Cincinnati, OH. So nice, but ominous at the same time

[steve2470]

31. Part of climate change is that weather becomes much more extreme

So, even though warmer temperatures are very common, it's also common to get the other extreme of cold temperature records and record snowfall at times. That's what people don't understand. It's not JUST warmer temperatures, but climate instability in general.

[briv1016]

32. As someone that has a Meteorology degree let me tell that most TV "meteorologists" don't.

Most are simply news-casters with communication degrees that simply specialize in reading purchased forecasts. Similar to the traffic and sports reporters.

[Scuba]

34. It snowed here in Northeast Wisconsin yesterday. We must have gotten a good 1/16 inch.

It was all melted by 11:00 a.m. when the rain started. More rain today with a projected high of 48.








My heating bill may be down, but my concern about our planet being habitable for 7 billion people is way up.

[a la izquierda]

35. I'm in WV and it will be 65 or so today.

I am not a fan. I love winter. This is seriously not good for the plants and animals. My apple blossom tree is starting to bloom. The only one happy is my husband, as he's a dog walker, but even he is a bit grim about this. My chihuahua is also happy, as he doesn't do well in the cold.

This is very odd. However, I do remember winters growing up in NJ where it was much warmer than average and we had very little snow (if any).