(08-13-2017, 09:38 AM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(08-13-2017, 07:13 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Well I sure hope you're right.  It seems hotter to me.

It always seems more uncomfortable than last year. That's human nature.

In Florida we had the coldest winter "ever" in 2010. It didn't set record lows, but it was below freezing over most of the state practically every night that winter. 500 year-old corals died from the continuous cold.

Since then we haven't had many below freezing nights here in Central Florida, so yeah, it's been warmer for the last six winters.

This summer has had some hot days, but overall it's been cooler than normal. We even had a cold front come through in July, a rare occurrence. CO2-induced warming has very little effect on summer temperature, it mainly warms polar areas, winters, and nighttime lows.

Warming the winters is nice because I've been able to play a lot of golf the last few winters.

This article from 2015 says summers have been getting hotter. 

"Overall, summer temperatures are heating up across the country, having risen steadily since the 1970s. For the contiguous states over that period, temperatures overall have increased at a rate of about 0.4°F per decade for a total of nearly 2°F since 1970."

https://weather.com/science/environment/...te-central

Of course it goes on to say it's not the same everywhere.

All I can say is, it sure seems hotter to me, but of course there is no evidence other than the fact that I don't even like to go outside in the middle of the day any more.

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