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somedudevt t1_j2uy564 wrote

Reply to comment by Outrageous-Outside61 in Vermont Winters by Outrageous-Outside61

I’m not a climate scientist, so I will let the NVU met kids tear you down, but your basic premise that warmer weather in the winter is NOT a result of climate change when Burlington is the fasted warming metro in the US is fucking moronic. BTV average daily temperature in winter has risen 7 degrees in the last 50 years. https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/weather/two-degree-difference/two-degree-difference-burlington-has-one-of-the-fastest-warming-winters-in-the-country/amp/

Take a second and look at the lake Champlain freeze record that goes back to 1820 The lake froze fully almost every year for the first 160 years, and has frozen fully 3 times in the last 15 years.

Extremes are the highlight of climate change. More freeze thaw cycles etc. if you spend ANY time outdoors in the winter you will see this change very easily, and it’s happening really time. Year after year it gets a little worse.

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Outrageous-Outside61 OP t1_j2uysz6 wrote

I literally have worked outside, every day, in Vermont, for the last thirty years. And, once again, January thaws happen pretty much every year.

Anyways, it’s interesting to see your article states a 7 degree increase over 50 years, while the state says 3 degrees over the last 100.

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somedudevt t1_j2uzfdz wrote

Read the article it’s winter temp not overal, and it’s Burlington not the state as a whole. For the full year BTV has warmed 4.5 degrees. The state 3. Also yes a January thaw happens. It happens at the end of the month though. You clearly don’t pay any attention when you are working if you don’t notice the difference. Crawl back in your hole of disbelief

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Khanover7 t1_j2uzo6b wrote

Yes. That obviously makes you an expert on climate change and weather patterns. I’m sorry you’ve never had a day off.

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