Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 21, 2023

Ain’t it the truth.

We all remember hot summers. So too cold winters. Alternately we were told one or the other were our future. Maybe the years have served to teach us that this too shall pass.

We’ve had an exceptionally mild spring, here in the Los Angeles area .. like 65-70ºF as the high, for most days.

I’m just enjoying it, while it lasts; the 100ºF days will inevitably get here .. and (usually) persist well into October.

We had a wonderful spring and so far we’ve only had a couple hot days so far.

Oddly enough, the pools open Memorial Day weekend, which is in May.

Extreme heat for June started last Saturday here in Central Louisiana. Ugh.

The heat is running. The last three days have been cool and damp. Nice change of pace from hot and dry.

Summer starts in May? Don’t I wish. Here, it has been raining steadily since the middle of May.

This year May and June so far have been very cool here.

Could be worse… Summers in the Southwest start mid April when we get over 90 through to mid September. ZThen we go to ‘Not Quite Summer’ the rest of the year.

Ted is right, summer comes earlier now, growing seasons have changed. We’ve lost most of Spring. Crops that grew well in some places are now not growing there.

ah, the carefree days of youth! sigh

It seems Our writers a Bard…Slathered in lard…Because, His sunscreen contains PBA!

It’s still jacket weather in a lot of the PNW.

Summer arrives around the 4th of July here in the great PNW.

Not in East Idaho. 67 degrees yesterday.

As I keep saying (sorry)… the Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year and really makes more sense as Midsummer Day. …from here on it’s all downhill (lightwise)

Arlo is showing his age……

Summer in May?! Laughs in Chicagoan. We’re lucky if spring happens in May. Summer starts in late June at best

“Oh, why does it seem the past is always better?We look back and think:The winters were warmer…The grass was greener…The skies were bluer…And smiles were bright.”

Gladys Knight, 1974

I my youth it was hot very hot and the winters were cold not every year and 31 years ago I went through Andrew and all that proves to me is that the world has cycles and climate change is a bunch of boloney.

First day of Summer in FL – - lots of rain and slightly cooler than usual. Very pleasant.

Not here in Colorado. It has been cold and rainy all spring! I’m ready for summer!

In Northern Calif. it’s been very pleasant 70 to mid 80’s

Here is a quick summary of the Milankovich Cycles and Global Warming. It’s less than 5 minutes but explains what seems like a contradiction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3DJtQZVsw

Summer started when school let out.

Low to mid 20s ºC during the day and 12 – 17 ºC at night up here. Clear days and cloudy – partly cloudy nights until Friday night – Saturday when it is supposed to be cloudy.

And here I am in the South with a balmy 74 degrees outside and loving it.

My first summer solstice experience was on a mountaintop in Denali, Alaska, watching the sun make a dip but never setting. Up until then I paid no attention to the day. Now, 40 years later, I can never forget it, regardless of when it gets hot.

Lots of comments on local weather and far too many comments that don’t really understand the issue that is climate change.

Yes, climate has always changed… but it’s the change in the rate of change that’s important and that is caused by man and could be fixed by man. Just like we started to clear up so much pollution in the 70’s and mostly stopped damaging the ozone layer so it could start to repair itself.

Here’s a chart that helps highlight the impact by man and the industrial revolution on the rate of change:

https://xkcd.com/1732/

And while it’s a comic, the data points are based on actual facts (as opposed to what “facts” the usual trolls pull out of their collective backsides).

Here in Utah we’ve only reached 90F once this year. The weather folks say it has to do will El Niño getting started?

Houston and lower Texas is under a heat advisory getting temperatures now instead of in September over 100 and a standing high that holds it there. No chance of rain or clouds.

I’m in NH and our heat is still on during the nights. I do hope we get a bit of summer weather.