I will concur that the last 2 years have had the hottest summers in recordable history and some more serious freezes in the winter. I don't mind the winter extremes as much.user:null wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:54 pmIt's pretty obvious why:weatherguy425 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:16 pmMy critique was more of some of the other comments on this board. It’s not the same place it used to be, I guess.
Look back at the old-times when this board was founded (sometime in the 2000s decade): the climate patterns in SE TX were much milder/more agreeable in that period, hence more enjoyable for many. The 2000s decade actually had more consistent/heavier summer rainfall that limited 100°F frequencies ... and winters were much milder (which I will add to below).
Contrast that with these BS "wall-to-wall 100°F without a drop of rain for months" summers. All in brutal combination with "freezes down to teens". The heat this year when stations like Hobby destroyed their previous records: even the infamous 2011 still only had 18 days of 100°F temps in Hobby (similar to the amount of the 2022 summer) compared to the 30+ seen this year, and that was with a much worse drought across Texas persisting since spring. Meanwhile, for winters, loads of areas south of I-10 had never seen a hard freeze from 1991 until Feb 2010, and hadn't seen teens for decades until 2021.
This summer is really the 1998 anomaly on steroids. There was a flip to El Nino in both years and as a result a massive heat dump from the oceans back into the atmosphere. However, this year's heat dump and tropospheric temps are the highest recorded.
(Yes, the Earth has been much hotter and for prolonged periods of time)