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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.
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/
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @01:09AM (5 children)
You have so many flying foxes over there you can distinguish between speckled vs not?
And also, sorry but your thermometer must be wrong. Humans cannot survive temperatures above 35 C for extended periods:
http://www.pnas.org/content/107/21/9552?ijkey=cf45cb85674d389513fa07106f0da491d045cda2&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha [pnas.org]
On a serious note, that is interesting though. I wonder if its related to the lower temperatures elsewhere. Often I hear about russia is colder than usual while the US is warmer than usual, etc.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday November 30 2018, @01:25AM
Well, you need to have a bit of a super-human to withstand what Australia uses to nag you on the daily basis.
That link... assumes wet bulb temperature" [wikipedia.org]. Interesting but, in most areas in Australia, the conditions are rather dry - only some of the Queenslanders were driven crazy enough to live and survive a humid hot climate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday November 30 2018, @04:04AM (2 children)
there are even places that have months at a time where the day time maximum is over 36'C [weatherzone.com.au]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @04:37AM (1 child)
So how high would you put the limit?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday November 30 2018, @06:38AM
On dry weather? It all depends if there's something valuable to mine or not.
If there is, 42-47C is bearable [eldersweather.com.au] for the hottest month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by Sabriel on Friday November 30 2018, @07:24AM
Flying fox swarm populations in Queensland usually number in the low thousands to tens of thousands, but can exceed one hundred thousand members. Charters Towers last year had a swarm estimated at 150k.