Last January, the weather in the Eastern US was picture perfect. NOAA calculated this lovely weather to be the third most extreme in history.
This year, the weather has been much colder and stormier – which is much less extreme than last year’s mild, calm weather.
the U.S. had its quietest month in nearly two years during January 2013, according to NOAA’s U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI).
Mild weather is Extreme and Extreme weather is Mild?????
GOT IT!!! FUBAR!
The problem is that they are defining a warm mild winter as extreme because a cold harsh winter is more the norm. So the definitions have certainly become Orwellian.
Meanwhile another alarmist becomes a new skeptic when he got tired of a phenomenon that because too hard for him to ignore:
Meteorologist Dominik Jung Turns Skeptical After Germany Sets Record 5 Consecutive Colder-Than-Normal Winters!
http://notrickszone.com/2013/02/17/meteorologist-dominik-jung-turns-skeptical-after-germany-sets-record-5-consecutive-colder-than-normal-winters/
Too many cold winters in a row appears to have awakened him.