[PapaBear3625]

Solar cycle 24 has definitely been doing odd things. It’s looking more and more like it’s going to be a shallow cycle. Not Maunder minimum (where sunspot activity ceased for decades), but maybe a Dalton-type Minimum.

[tbw2]

Is the sun cooler during a shallow cycle?

[StAnDeliver]

"but maybe a Dalton-type Minimum."

Or the U-shaped Sporer, which had active cycles within an overall minimum.