02-15-2020, 11:48 AM
Any surprise? If you thought January 2020 unusually mild (the January weather seemed more typical of Kentucky than like that of anywhere in Michigan here in south-central Michigan)... unreliable snow cover in the coldest month is typical of the polar fringe of a Cfa climate than in a Dfa climate -- you got the typical perception of January 2020.
https://apnews.com/bcba86be0c35b42bc65d2205db1aa6e2
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Quote:WASHINGTON (AP) — Last month was the hottest January since scientists began keeping temperature records in 1880, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.
The global average land and ocean surface temperature in January was 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit (1.14 degrees Celsius) above the average January temperatures for the 20th century, because of the changing climate, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
In parts of Russia, Scandinavia and eastern Canada, temperatures exceeded the old averages by 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 C).
Warmer temperatures mean melting snow and ice. The extent of Arctic sea ice was 5.3% below the average from 1981-2010, and Antarctic sea ice was 9.8% below the average.
https://apnews.com/bcba86be0c35b42bc65d2205db1aa6e2
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The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.