Category: Climate Change
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First Day of Summer! Drier weekend than expected. Other Climate News.
As of 10:03PM last night, it is officially summer! Daylight today is one second shorter than yesterday, and tomorrow will be 6sec shorter still but no matter, its summer and hopefully that means we are on our way to sunnier days. We should dry out a bit Friday and Saturday and Sunday is now looking…
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Not such a bad week afterall. Sunny Weekend coming.
Well, even though we have received a bit of rain, (8.13mm since Monday), it really hasn’t been all that bad. Yesterday we had a chance of some thunder showers, and there were downpours in spots, but nothing more threatening that other than some nice billowy clouds to the Southeast. Today will be sort of the…
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400 year floods hit Europe. Cause becoming familiar. Time for Action Now.
Extreme and unprecedented flooding is occurring in Europe. Courtesy: Dr. Jeff Masters Europe is famous for preserving its history for hundreds, even a thousand years. That record keeping also extends into weather and climate. The Danube River in Passau, Germany hit the highest level since 1501, and the Saale River in Halle, Germany was the…
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May 2013 recap: Warm and Wet – Warm and dry summer predicted
It was a warmer and wetter than normal May. The average temperature in May was 13.2C and we received 85mm of rain. This is 2.0C above normal for temperature and 10mm above normal for rainfall compared to the 1970-2000 normal daily averages for May at Environment Canada . I am going to omit my station…
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Two thirds must stay in the ground – Please Vote.
We are nearing the end of our hot spell. And that’s a good thing. There will likely be rain for Mother’s Day but the flower beds and just-started gardens won’t mind. On this blog I try to present the facts as best I can and to present the science as it is written. These facts…