Actually the sun had below average activity in the early 70's and very weak activity in the mid 70's to about 1978. Activity did climb however in 1979. So the cold 70's occurred with weak solar activity. Exactly what one would expect.
Posted on 11/04/2011 5:43:53 PM PDT by decimon
We were in a Sunspot Maximum in the mid 1970’s. Talk about wonderful HF radio propogation. Every day I drove through the high desert in NM with a 550 watt HF transceiver under my dashboard. WOW was that fun.
Worked all over the world driving down the road. Hope I live to see that again.
Bush’s fault.
... and let's not forget those oh, so volatile transistion phases!
The conditions were known. They eventually figured out that only Americans could open the country up.
Actually the sun had below average activity in the early 70's and very weak activity in the mid 70's to about 1978. Activity did climb however in 1979. So the cold 70's occurred with weak solar activity. Exactly what one would expect.
Is it just me . . . or . . . no. Not going to even go there.
The cold 1970's was clearly due to a weak solar cycle 20. We are currently in the maximum for cycle 24. We should not expect any net warming trend until after the peak activity level is reached IMHO. And we need 2 solid years of this type of activity to get off the rock cold bottom we are now in. For example, we expect a low tonight of 41 F where I am located at. 900 feet above sea level. 50 Miles from Los Angeles. Too cold for October.
Who is Roger?
Too cold for October. should read. Too cold for early November.
It’s a radio thing, basically an unknown world to TV gawking couch hounds and kids with plug and play keyboards.
If Gore can do his carbon credit trading thing then maybe we can do some heat swapping.
I remember the sooner-than-expected demise of Skylab was blamed on Solar activity expanding the atmosphere, thereby increasing the drag.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could really do that?
I'm originally from Los Angeles, and couldn't believe the mild summer they were having this year. I never experienced anything like that in all the decades I lived there. Pissed me right off, with all the 100+ degree days we were suffering here in Texas! LOL
I caught myself almost wishing I were back home again.
Speaking of heat, isn't New York pretty hot in the summer?
Rarely hits 100. But it can get humid in the NYC area so it doesn't have to get very hot to get to you.
That's what makes the eastern half of Texas so unbearable in the summer. It gets humid and the temps go into the triple digits.
I thought I knew what some heat was about, being from SoCal, but the Texas heat is on a whole 'nother level.
Actually the science behind the Ice Age scares back in the late 1970’s, was much more sound then the current science behind the AGW scares. Which just demonstrates how far we have fallen as a civilization.
But Solar activity did ramp up rather dramatically in late 1978 and 1979. Was the start of Solar Cycle 21 which was fairly strong. As was 22. It takes a few years for the change in solar activity to affect the weather way down here close to sea level. Its changing effects however can no doubt be felt much earlier though in the upper atmosphere.
North NJ used to get pretty hot, but in the DC metropolitan area, this July was one of the worst on record for heat. While there has been more snow, it is a lot less cold in winter than it was 4o or 50 years ago.
Shhhh.....don't let Algore hear you saying that! LOL
Yeah, the planet goes through its climate swings, doesn't it? I can remember wearing a sweater to school every morning in September, when I was a kid in California. Nowadays, it's still broiling that time of year.
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