Comments on: Australia hardest hit by climate change?

By: peoplesgeography

peoplesgeography — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:36:04 +0000

Quite a dramatic shift in temps by the sounds of it, it really is unusual or wild weather in a lot of places and the unseasonality is very worrying. Here in Australia we had raging bushfires in one state followed by snow in the same place only a week later — in summer! Appreciate the comment Jolly Roger and have bookmarked your site.

By: JollyRoger

JollyRoger — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:23:18 +0000

I visited the Upper Peninsula in the State of Michigan in December.

The Upper Peninsula has Lake Superior to the north, Lake Michigan to the south, and Lake Huron to the east. It is traditionally an unbevably cold and snowy place in the wintertime, as the weather is dramatically affected by the three huge cold bodies of water that surround it.

In December, the temps were hovering between 4 and 7 degrees Celsius in the daytime, and between 0 and -5 degrees at night. This is absolutely unheard of in the region this time of year.

By: servant

servant — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:58:56 +0000

The mild January is not unusual in Washingtonistan. We’re lucky if we get a good cover of snow that lasts a week or two. A “normal” January is usually in the 30-40 F range with a few really cold days if the Canadians send us a good breeze. Every 3 or 4 years in February we get buried in a blizzard that ends civilization as we know it.

It’s been in the 50′s most of this week. Today, Friday, we had a high of 63F Tomorrow we’re going to 70F.