Usually for the past 5 years our summers regularly go into the low 90s F but this time the highs were barely 80. Also a lot of my crops just didn't fruit. It almost feels like they could actually be spraying something but idk

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Weather patterns are variable and sometimes what is important isn't necessarily just the peaks and troughs but the averages. For example, we were hitting or surpassing record highs in the Southeast June through August but the rest of the year had significantly higher rainfall and importantly, average temperatures were also above normal.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

the Southeast June through August but the rest of the year had significantly higher rainfall

Can confirm, Florida winter is usually pretty dry and this has been the rainiest winter I can remember. Multiple times it rained for several days on end, which is very weird for here.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah I remember the Florida deathbake

our winter 2023 in the Northeast was super warm, and the summer was super cool. it was really weird. This past 2 months it's basically been 50s and 40s

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most of it is probably just normal statistical variation, but a low/moderate ENSO index (which we had over this summer) is actually associated with somewhat lower average summer temperatures in most of the United States. The North Atlantic Oscillation, which is a similar quasi-periodic cycle in (shockingly) the North Atlantic, also tends to cause somewhat lower temperatures on the East Coast when it is in its negative index phase, which (again) it was over this summer. Both these influences are dominated by inter-annual variability on smaller scales, though.