The spring was different then too. In late May and early June we would have long drenching rains that would flood the streets. We would ride our bikes through the water crashing into the deep pools at intersections or ride inner tubes down a nearby ditch filled with runoff.
By the early '70s such hours long straight down rains ceased to happen and gave way to less frequent and more violent thunderstorms that usually didn't drop as much water in total. That ditch never filled enough to float down after some point in the late '60s.
Joe Bastardi has frequently referred to patterns in the '50s and '60s to describe what has been occurring recently.
Oh I forgot about the inner tube rides! Ha!....we had a creek that would really get moving and down we’d go! With a nasty curve we all had to avoid or crash!
The sun has much to do with our weather...I don’t pretend to understand it all but we are currently in a time where the ‘pattern’ is at the point we should expect colder temps.