Because global warming is now responsible for every type of weather. Including cold periods
Freezing weather continued to take its toll across Europe, with the number of dead in Poland rising above the 200 mark since the start of winter.
Temperatures fell as low as minus 35 Celsius (minus 31 Fahrenheit) in parts of Poland last week. While they have become milder this week, temperatures are still below freezing at night in most of the country.
The cold weather, which hit Russia first, spread westwards across the whole of Europe as far as Portugal.
Even Lisbon was hit, experiencing its first heavy snowfall in 52 years, and icy conditions forced the closure of many motorways and main roads in the north and centre of the country on Monday, a traffic police official said.
I’m sure that this is a momentary blip on the way to a runaway trend towards Earth being scoured by high heat. Did you know that Europe and northern Russia seem to be getting hotter since 1998, while the US is getting cooler?
Top right picture shows the baseline comparison. In the US, it is only a spot in the NW that got warmer. Isn’t that a Blue area?
Interestingly, I looked up Raleigh, which had a 2005 average of 15.7 C. It was warmer then that back around 1885.
