The percent of days above freezing so far this year in the US has been 6th lowest on record, and lowest since the record cold year of 1979.
But Grok 3 won’t acknowledge the cold until it hears it from the government.
“Without finalized data for February 2025 (NOAA typically releases monthly summaries mid-March), we can’t confirm if the U.S. is experiencing record warmth this month.”
On January 18, 2022, NPR predicted record low Great Lakes ice cover. Two weeks later ice coverage was above average.
Great Lakes researchers predict record-low ice coverage – Great Lakes Now
Lake Erie ice cover now is close to 100%, which has only happened a few times in the past.
“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unplugged three television networks overnight that he said spread Kremlin-funded “propaganda” and served as a bullhorn of an increasingly popular pro-Moscow party.”
5 Feb 2021
In risky move, Ukraine’s president bans pro-Russian media | Media News | Al Jazeera
Grok 3, Elon Musk’s new politically neutral AI, says a few places on earth might remain livable after global warming.
Grok thinks we are getting too hot.
The Atlantic says the virus caused people to lose “trust in scientific and political authorities” – rather than all the lies they told about the virus.
COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right – The Atlantic
CBS News says Rio de Janeiro was 111F on February 17, 2025. The actual temperature was 95F, which was the hottest temperature of the month.
Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures on Monday reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) — about 145 degrees warmer than Bismarck, North Dakota — as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool off.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Weather Calendar | Weather Underground
h/t Bob G
$86 million to reduce cow burps in California.
“EXPANDS MARKETS FOR CLIMATE SMART DAIRY PRODUCTS IN CALIFORNIA AND SUPPORTS FARMER IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING OF CLIMATE SMART PRACTICES.”
Two weeks ago :
“Great Lakes continuing to lose ice coverage, experts warn”
February 6, 2025
Great Lakes continuing to lose ice coverage, experts warn | Bridge Michigan
Lake Erie ice cover has been far above average for the past month.
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Christmas 2023 was warm in Omaha, so the New York Times announced the end of snow. Now there is record snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and Omaha is under an extreme cold watch.
“This past year was an Omaha year, and we arrived on the 22nd to find that the weather was very mild — almost 50 degrees — and there was no snow. More unusually, there had been no snow for the entire month of December. Aside from some brief and very sparse flurries, it hadn’t snowed in Brooklyn, either, in November or December. I’m an incorrigible heat seeker, and the phrase “wintry mix” fills me with despair. But even so, the lack of cold and ice in 2023 felt unsettling.”
Opinion | The End of Snow – The New York Times
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CBS News says the problem with NAZI Germany was free speech.
