At this point in the summer, I have to say it was the mildest summer in thirty-odd years of being around central Germany. I’ve run my little AC unit a total of four days. Based on the weather summary for remainder of August, it’ll continue to be mild. So I’m curious where exactly it was hot.
They had the “heat dome” on the US/Canada west coast in early July, where the daytime temps were over 110°F. But that’s a natural phenomenon.
Hardly the warmest month ever:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/08/02/uah-global-temperature-update-for-july-2021-0-20-deg-c/
“At this point in the summer, I have to say it was the mildest summer in thirty-odd years of being around central Germany.”
I’ve also been a casual weather-watcher for about 30 years - maybe even 40 - and I have to say the climate in the Northeastern US has not changed much at all. It still goes down to 0 degrees for a few days in the winter, and it goes up to 100 for a few days in the summer. No freakishly hot temperatures like 104 or 106 ever.
So there’s another “anecdotal” piece of evidence pointing to no change in the local climate. But put all these anecdotal stories together, and you get no global climate change.
Same, actually, in Alabama, of all places!
Haven’t had one day (so far) that peaked 100, with the hottest (yesterday) at 97.
Most of this summer has seen lots of rain and many cloudy days that kept things cool. The grass is still lush and green—haven’t had to water all summer.
Now we have not one but two separate tropical storms, Fred and Grace, coming our way to drench us even further.
I’m loving it. My tomatoes are usually finished by mid-August but are still producing fruit.