[piytar]

That’s the common take. However, with more cosmic rays reaching the lower atmosphere due to a magnetically quiet sun, this might actually effect the climate significantly through more (and possibly toxic) cloud formation.

[palmer]

That's possible although the neutron counts have been dropping lately to less than 4600 (see http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu/realtime/thule.html). That is comparable to the counts through the solar minimums in the 90's (see http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu/modplotth.gif). So although the peak was higher than usual last fall (a deeper solar minimum), we are back to a more typical solar minimum level now.