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rikki-tikki-deadly t1_itv9gul wrote

One of the worst things about summer in LA this year was knowing that it will probably have been the coolest summer for the rest of my life.

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SnooCupcakes299 t1_itvjwx1 wrote

I live in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and I think of this often.

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rikki-tikki-deadly t1_itvu7ds wrote

I suppose you have the upside of knowing that each winter will be a little warmer than the last. Though that's scant consolation if you enjoy winter.

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AppropriateEdge1203 t1_itw8hb1 wrote

The winters just swing between cold rain and arctic blasts. The ice causes trees to fall and the freeze thaw cycle wrecks our roads. I miss the good cold snowy winters of the past.

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SnooCupcakes299 t1_itx4war wrote

It was 80 degrees f. here today.

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mizmoxiev t1_itzhrgj wrote

Whoa! 80F in Cape Breton?! It's basically November! Damn that is some truly wild shit

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Zakluor t1_itxveww wrote

In Moncton, NB, thirty years ago, winters were cold. -30°C was a norm through January-February. The last four years, we didn't get below -20°C.

I grew up in Halifax, NS. As kids, we made snow forts all the time. 20 years later, snow made up little of the winter: freezing rain was more frequent than snow.

Moncton, further north, is now seeing that change. We see more freezing rain and less snow than ever. Notable for a region that was once known as the "snow belt".

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-FeistyRabbitSauce- t1_itw00qg wrote

Summer of 2021 in BC Canada we had the heatdome. It broke numerous records. Forest fires everywhere. One town, Lyton, reached 50°C before something sparked a fire and the town was pretty much wiped off the map.

Summer of 2022, we had the hottest, driest summer on average ever recorded. Temperatures didn't sky rocket like in 2021, but trey stayed up longer than usual. We only had our first real rainfall the other day. It was warm through until mid October. Like, shorts weather. Normally once September rolls around it rains pretty consistently.

And that doesn't even touch on the smog/smoke we keep dealing with or the floods that wiped out our highways.

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adreamofhodor t1_itw0ja0 wrote

It’s been horrible just a little bit south, near Seattle. Same issues.

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krustykrab2193 t1_itwed6i wrote

Just to add a bit more - after the historic heat dome in 2021 we had historic flooding a couple of months later that washed out all the highways and flooded several cities/towns cutting Vancouver and the Lower Mainland off from the rest of the country.

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