California’s Coldest Summer In More Than A Decade
The summer of 2023 was a cooler-than-average one for the majority of the United States, and California was no exception
Overall, the Golden State witnessed its coolest summer since 2011, according to the Western Regional Climate Center.
Southern California held particularly cool throughout the summer months, which Center researcher, Dan McEvoy, explained was due to the lingering of low-pressure systems over the region and also the cooling effect of Hurricane Hilary.
Furthermore, Southern California held uncharacteristically cloudy this summer. And as the quote goes:
“Clouds are the Earth’s sunshade, and if cloud cover changes for any reason, you have global warming — or global cooling.”
Those are the words of former NASA scientist Dr Roy Spencer, but here is the no-doubt equally informed take of New York Times reporter Soumya Karlamangla:
“There isn’t a whole lot to make of California’s seasonal reprieve from the heat, other than that there are year-to-year fluctuations within an overall warming trend …
In other words, California is still experiencing the effects of climate change and generally getting hotter, even if this summer didn’t set records for scorching weather across the state.”
A reporter, NOT a scientist.
The previous winter and spring were also historically cold and snowy though Karlamangla, a combo that led to a long list of ski areas posting their highest snowpack totals ever recorded, and by some margin.
Mammoth Mountain–for example–received 721 inches (61 ft) of snow at its main lodge, a measurement that smashed the previous record of 668 inches set back in 2010-2011. A record-annihilating 900+ inches (75+) was noted at the summit.
All this snow kept Mammoth open into the month of August for only the third time in its operating history (since 1954).
I do wonder what it would take, how many years of cooling the planet would need to endure, before the climate hucksters gave up the ghost.
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