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_Maxolotl t1_j40vgz7 wrote

Reply to comment by Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 in NYC Weather: Here’s Why We Haven’t Seen Snow This Winterwfall Yet? by FrankBeamer_

Oh I don't deny climate change at all, broadly, regionally, locally. Winters in the 90s were colder, I remember it quite clearly. And we have data that shows it too.

I just hesitate to blame it for a single anomalous situation that is (so far) within the bounds of normal variation.

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Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 t1_j41bzyu wrote

Oh sorry, I meant the kind of denial when you subconsciously don’t want to believe something because it’s so horrible.

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sagrr t1_j41v6oz wrote

Why do you think that the span of what you’ve experienced in your lifetime is indicative at all to what’s “normal?”

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Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 t1_j420hc7 wrote

I’m actually a Geographer and one of my hobbies is studying historical weather data for the tri state area. If conditions hold, this will be the warmest January since records were kept, which I assure you is much longer than I’ve been alive.

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sagrr t1_j420wze wrote

We’re not even halfway through January lol. And you referenced “your experience” in a prior post as a comparison point.

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Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 t1_j421ypv wrote

Based on the data I’ve seen and the current weather forecasts, I guarantee you this January will be in the top five warmest of all time. I’ll message you on February 1st to say I told you so.

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sagrr t1_j4224c0 wrote

It was 9 degrees less than 1 week before New Years

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Imhappy_hopeurhappy2 t1_j422cjf wrote

Oh jeez a single data point that’s not even relevant to our conversation

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sagrr t1_j422gxy wrote

Lol ok bud - let’s call it here. Have a nice day.

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