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I have to put my miles in today, so not looking forward to that run.

You are talking about weather.

leads to RWNJs saying there is no problem next time we have a cold snap, and as far as data go, they would be just as secure as your conclusion. AGW of course has a G in it - it's what happens globally that makes or breaks a model. Just like when Boston was buried in snow this winter, some Alaskans were walking around without coats, so it is likely these days that somewhere is seeing cooler temperatures. I was in NC this weekend and while I don't know their climate well, I'm guessing that the dreary 50s I saw on Saturday were below the norm. No doubt some people there were claiming that as proof that the globe is not warming.

TLDR version: local data sets are useless for global climate analysis.

You said it better than I would have; but yes - everytime there's a cold snap Republicanoids are out in force mocking "global warming."

Bryant

For the first 11 days of October, the high temperature in Austin has exceeded the average high temperature by an average of 5 degrees. It really does not help when people point to a particular hot (or cold) day as proof of climate change. The record set yesterday in Austin was one degree higher than the previous record, which was set 24 years ago. The record high for each day of the first two weeks of October in Austin is at least 95 degrees and half of those record highs were set at least 75 years ago and none was set more recently than 1991. Also, FWIW, the forecast calls for the temperatures during the latter part of the month to be below average.

Climate change is real. But not understanding the difference between daily weather results and climate change makes convincing people harder.

I usually do that in September but not this year.

Right now it's 45°.

One day's weather does not indicate much of anything about climate. It is just as wrong to cite weather as "proof" of climate change as to use weather to discredit climate change.

in L.A. area. And unusually humid. Glad I'm off to northern NM next week where's it in the the low 60s.

It was about 0° this morning (C), and we had scrape ice off my wife's car before she drove me to the train station. It took 6 hours to get to Sprout City instead of the usual 3.

99°F is sounding pretty good right now.....

You'll get a blank stare.

How hard is it to understand the planet is warming naturally but human destruction is accelerating the process so much that most species, including humans, can't adapt fast enough. We risk making ourselves extinct along with a massive number of other species.