Wow, the doomsday cult is out a bit early for this
What Climate Change Means for White Christmases
If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, be warned that it might not become a reality.
Yeah, I live in North Carolina, so, it almost never happens. The last time on “record” was 2010, but, really, it started snowing in the wee hours of the 26th, because I remember leaving the parents house at 4pm on Christmas day, and it was still not snowing in Raleigh when I got home just after midnight.
Many people have memories of watching the snow fall on Christmas Day—but data shows that, across the country, a white Christmas occurs less frequently than you might think.
The National Weather Service will only deem it a white Christmas if there is an inch or more of snow cover on the ground Christmas morning—when volunteer observers report the snowfall. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that from 2003 through 2024, the average Christmas morning snow cover blanketed just 36% of the contiguous U.S. states. (That’s because some regions, like the Texas Gulf Coast or stretches of the West Coast, rarely see snow in December.) In fact, according to the Weather Channel, there’s few places beyond the Mountain West, northern New England, and the far northern tier states like Michigan and Minnesota, and northern New England where the odds of a white Christmas are higher than 50%. (snip)
But while many people across the country might lament the white Christmases of their youth, the truth is that many places typically don’t see snow in late December—people just think they did.
“People tend to remember that one snowy Christmas, and they forget that it was surrounded by five Christmases that weren’t,” says David Robinson, New Jersey State climatologist and Rutgers University professor whose research focuses on snow cover.
The thing is, the data really doesn’t go all that far back to determine if there has been a lessening of the chance of having a white Christmas in the areas that have a decent chance of having snow on the ground at Christmas. Most measured data put together only goes back to the early 1980s. Really, it’s a Holocene warm period, things get warmer. No need to drag witchcraft into it. But, they have to
That doesn’t mean that winter weather hasn’t changed over the years. Climate change is causing temperatures to rise across the country—and it’s impacting precipitation patterns.
“Decembers have warmed three to five degrees across the country in the last 75 years,” says Robinson.
Horseshit. Complete horsheshit. I’m not even using the normal GIF for this, this is a complete pantload. The 6 month old just fill the diapers, and it now stinks. And there is zero chance they can actually show that 3-5 degrees in actual measured data.
That’s due to a mix of climate change and climate variability, the natural fluctuations in climate patterns in a given region. The northeast, upper Midwest and New York and New Jersey are some of the areas where this trend is strongest, says Globe. Climate change is also causing shorter, warmer winters. But that doesn’t mean that a white Christmas will become a thing of the past. Some areas that often see snow might see more intense storms due to climate change, as a warmer atmosphere is able to hold more moisture.
Warmer gets you more snow, too, because it is a cult.
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My wife has become an eco-warrior. She has strong feelings about the environment and other people’s carbon footprints. She challenges our friends repeatedly about their lifestyle choices. I agree with her in principle, but I can’t support her moral outrage. It’s become clear to me that her behavior is off-putting to many people we see. And it’s uncomfortable for me and for them when she raises the same issues repeatedly. She seems to care more about the climate crisis than our relationships. I try to see this issue through my wife’s eyes, so I understand her need to speak up. But it’s so uncomfortable. Help!
