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posted by martyb on Thursday November 29 2018, @10:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the misery-loves-company dept.

It's already one of the coldest and snowiest starts to the winter season in parts of the Northeast, Midwest and Plains, and we haven't finished November yet.

According to the Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI) from the Midwest Regional Climate Center, 74 cities from New England to the Plains and Rockies have seen an extreme season-to-date of cold and snow as of Nov. 27.

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Cities categorized as having an extreme winter, so far, ranked in the 99th percentile of the index for Nov. 27.

A combination of persistent cold from the Northeast to the Plains and a pair of expansive winter storms, Avery and then Bruce, gave this winter season a fast start.

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2018-11-27-winter-misery-index-awssi-extreme-start-november-2018

Solar cycle 24 was exceptionally weak and cycle 25 is shaping up to be similar. Some have predicted that, if the trend continues, Earth may experience a "mini ice age" soon due to increased cloud formation reflecting the warming light from the sun: https://astronomynow.com/2015/07/17/diminishing-solar-activity-may-bring-new-ice-age-by-2030/


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:28PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:28PM (#768017)

    All time? OH NO. So it was hotter than when Earth was formed? Or when planet X smashed into proto Earth making the Moon? OUCH how the fuck did we survive?

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:36PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:36PM (#768023) Journal
    "On record". Scientists were real slackers back then and didn't take measurements.
  • (Score: 1, Troll) by ikanreed on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:41PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:41PM (#768029) Journal

    Yeah, sure would be terrible if I used the word "record" to indicate something about the nature of the years in question.

    It'd sure be awful if that point wasn't entirely fucking clear and you weren't just another piece of human garbage with bad opinions, the vacuousness of which have no goddamn compare.

    No wait, everything you just said is completely stupid, and like VLM, you should stop acting like you are sentient.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:42PM (#768031)

    Oooh, what a zinger! You caught him in a word trap! Too bad it isn't as effective as the perjury trap lololol