The theory was that it was the start of a new cycle of sunspots.
It faded after two days... and then there were none.
What does it mean? You may have noticed we've had a slightly cooler spring than usual. (Heck, we've noticed it - haven't had to run the air conditioning yet this year... come to think of it, we need to do a check of the systems...) This doesn't mean we're not getting a bit warm - but it's not been hot enough to make it mandatory. (It's 70 outside right now, on 9 May. That's not too bad.)
And even NOAA has noticed...
UNITED STATES Climate SummaryWe may be in the beginning of a new cold era...The average temperature in April 2008 was 51.0 F. This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.1 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.
J.
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In some parts of the US this has been the coldest, longest winter on record since the late 19th century... when records first started being kept. We haven't gotten to an 1888 Blizzard, but then that sort of thing started to be handled more easily by high tech snow clearing... still 50" in a day for some parts of the NE would be crippling today. And remember that just prior to that the longest, deepest cold snap in the midwest had killed tens if not hundreds all the way down to the TX panhandle with sub-zero temps lasting a week or more there. The NYC papers went 'tut-tut' about such wilderness conditions and that they *never* suffered such things.... heh!
Posted by ajacksonian | May 10, 2008 10:20 AM
Posted on May 10, 2008 10:20