It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again

Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by helthanatos on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:20AM (#13621159)

I'm loving this winter. It's only snowed 3 times and has been below freezing for only a few weeks. In love with this winter, though I've been sick more times this year than quite a while.

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by satori99 on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:30AM (#13621737)

Meanwhile in Sydney, I'm sweating it out @ 45c (113F) in the middle of a heatwave like never before.

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by ehnto on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:38AM (#13621921)

In Adelaode we tapped 38c, then had 3 days of record breaking rain which plonked it down to below 20c, which we followed up with four days at about 40c.

It's hard to dress correctly.

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by TheSpiceIsLife on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:04AM (#13622120)

I used to live in Adelaide. Seriously f that place.

I recall one summer, maybe 5 years ago, ten days straight above 35 with day time temps in the 40s. Trees were dying from heat stress after a ten year draught.

Ah, this is it, from 2009:

Adelaide, South Australia Edit Average daily maximum 27 January – 7 February: 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) – (11.1 °C (20.0 °F) above average)[9] 13 Consecutive days over 33 °C (91 °F) 6 Consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F) 4 Consecutive days over 43 °C (109 °F)

That's right, 13! consecutive days above 33!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_2009_southeastern_Aust...

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by whatusername on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:18AM (#13622024)

And yet in Melbourne we're possibly going all summer without hitting over 40 degrees.

(Lots of high 30's, but no 40+)

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by helthanatos on Sunday February 12, 2017 @05:49PM (#13631551)

Hoping the summer doesn't go above 80 much... Hate that humidity. (Indiana) I'm fine with 110 in Arizona. How humid is it there?

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by pinpelipon on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:25AM (#13621895)

Ditto! We are approaching temperatures that could actually support the hardiest of palms. We can start replacing the spruces with palms soon.

The downsides being ticks becoming common, warmer temperatures enabling more diseases spreading in both human and animal populations, a few native animals dying (they can't breed without certain things such as ice, and their natural defense mechanisms do not work), and Gulf stream probably slowing and causing a new ice age. Ah yes, there's always that. But then again, not going to happen on my lifetime so who cares... :)

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by nordify on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:17AM (#13621868)

That sounds miserable. Give me a good cold winter with snow rather than a miserable non-winter that is damp, wet and slushy. Dry cold is far better than than damp thaw weather.

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Re:It’s about 50°F warmer than normal near the North Pole again by sixothree on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:53AM (#13621483)

Since October I've had to wear a jacket at work inside because of the air conditioning moreso than outside because of the weather.

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