I live in New York City and this is the first year from my memory than not a single snowflake has fallen. It's so weird. Temperatures are above average every day for about a month now. We're expecting 62 degrees on Saturday when the normal high temp here should be around 38. What the hell is going on?
Is it going to get cooler?
Can we jump to conclusions and blame it on global warming?
I'm scared.
2007-01-03 12:20:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
In a word (or 2):
Global warming
2007-01-03 12:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Its an EL Nino year.
El Nino is a cyclical "warm water" current along the west coast of the US. It brings mild, wet winters to the USA and is associated with dry, harsh weather on Asia. I've been through several "el nino" winters, and they always follow this kind of pattern --Floods in Oregon/ Washinton state, mild, wet weather in the south central states, damp, but not as cold weather elsewhere.
Relax. Its Just January 3. Winter didn't begin officially until December 21/22. Theres still 2 and 1/3 months of winter to go.
Remember, last year's hurrucane season was predicted to be the worst ever,(due to global warming) and not a single storm made landfall. It was hot, but not particularly so, and the summer before that was very mild. You can't judge long term climate change by a season's variance.
2007-01-03 12:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, remember that *averages* are called that because roughly half of the time it's warmer than average, and half of the time it's colder than average...it doesn't mean that's what the temperature is every year :)
However, since global warming is a well-documented fact, it's most certainly having some effect. This could be the kind of "warmer than average" year that happens half of the time anyway, with a little extra kick from global warming.
Have some patience, though -- winter is only 14 days old, you've got 2 1/2 months of it left...it's almost certain New York will get some snow!
2007-01-03 12:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Do not fear. We are having this spring like weather in Michigan as well. We also had it in 1983, I remember walking in December in my sandals, and there was no rain or snow. It is better to trust the Creator of the universe, that it is in Divine order, then to be scared and worry about what may happen because of Global warming. Who is to say that it will not come to a point, and then normalize and start cooling again. We do our best to recycle and save energy wherever possible. We do miss the cold and the snow, that is so abundant in Colorado, if we are patient it will come our way again.It is just a little different, to have spring in January, and the cherry trees blossom in DC
2007-01-03 12:35:12 · answer #4 · answered by pooterilgatto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 01:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by carmean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure some people are already under that assumption. We still have four more months to go before it starts getting into the expected warmer months. We still have plenty of time for blizzards. I hope we don't get them though.
2007-01-03 12:25:03 · answer #6 · answered by MsFancy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's global warming. Enjoy it. Next year projection are that NYC 's average January high will be 72 degrees. By 2011 the average January high for NYC will be 121 degrees. By 2020 it won't matter because the atmosphere will have evaporated and you and I will have too.
2007-01-03 12:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Global Warming, Too much pollution.
You seen the day after tomorrow?
We need to take better care of the earth.
2007-01-03 12:28:58 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs. Edwards 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
global warming is partly to blame but it is not a direct cause-however global warming should be something that need immediate attention.
2007-01-03 13:09:09 · answer #9 · answered by absolutebalderdash1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
partly global warming but some people think that all tsunami mest up the rotation of the earth and that some how that would effect the weather.
2007-01-03 12:23:45 · answer #10 · answered by Joe 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋