On May 19, 1780 the sky was black as night in New England due to massive wildfires in Canada.
The New England Dark Day, May 19, 1780 – New England Historical Society
CSIRO PUBLISHING | International Journal of Wildland Fire
That year also brought the deadliest Atlantic Hurricane and the third deadliest Pacific typhoon.
Surface Conditions: Polar Portal
Temperatures at the North Pole have been below the 1958-2002 average every day for the past two months.
Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
Earth is 0.1C above the 1979-2000 average.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”
– H. L. Mencken
During January, the “Great Lakes News Collaborative” predicted record low Great Lakes ice cover.
“The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are both likely to see less ice than ever at peak freeze in 2022. “Michigan and Huron were both projected to be lower than they’ve been as far as the maximum ice cover for the year, about 10 and 12%, respectively, where the lowest on record was about 13 and 23%, respectively.”
Great Lakes researchers predict record-low ice coverage – Great Lakes Now
Great Lakes ice cover was right at the 1980-2010 median.
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Eight years ago, experts said the Great Lakes were going to dry up.
The Great Lakes Go Dry: How One-Fifth Of The World’s Fresh Water Is Dwindling Away – ThinkProgress
There has been no trend in Great Lakes water levels over the past century.
This was the edge of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier ten years ago.
In mid-July an iceberg broke off.
The BBC said it was dramatic and disturbing.
“An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken away from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland.”
“It’s dramatic. It’s disturbing,” University of Delaware’s Andreas Muenchow told the Associated Press.
“We have data for 150 years and we see changes that we have not seen before,” Mr Muenchow added.”
Iceberg breaks off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier – BBC News
The glacier is bigger now than it was before the iceberg broke off.
“The New York Times
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901HEAT BRINGS DEATH AND MUCH SUFFERING
Life Rendered Almost Unbearable in the Tenement Districts.
Great Distress Among the Horses— Hundreds Revel in the Streams from Fire Hoses.
Despite a brisk southerly breeze that tried hard to temper the heat of yesterday, there was considerable suffering throughout the city. According to Weather Forecaster Emery, the maximum temperature was 94 degrees, which was reached at 5:30 o’clock In the evening, when the silvery column gave up the struggle for the day. The highest point reached on ‘the previous day was 91½ degrees.
What made the temperature especially trying was the high percentage of humidity. As early as 8 o’clock in the morning the humidity was .78 per cent. The suffering, especially in the poorer sections of the town, was intense. The park at the Battery was crowded from an early hour with the poor from the lower section of the city, who there sought relief in the cool breeze that swept from seaward up the Narrows. Far up in the upper floors of the down-town sky-scrapers the heat was not so severe, but in the street, between the tall buildings that reflected the heat and cut off every chance of a breeze, men and beasts sweltered.”
TimesMachine: Saturday June 29, 1901 – NYTimes.com
From June 26 to July 3, 1901 New York City averaged 95F (35C) and had two days of 100F.
“The state governments, Madison argues, are closer to the people and can focus on the welfare of the people, regulating ordinary affairs such as the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, as well as the internal order of each state, and should have numerous undefined powers to do so”
“Open abortion clinics on federal lands in red states right now!”
– AOC
From January 1 to June 15, average US nighttime temperatures were fourth coldest on record.
The percent of afternoons above 60F was fourth lowest on record.
Afternoon temperatures have also been far below average.
