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Outrageous-Outside61 OP t1_j31cpgr wrote

Reply to comment by Maleficent_Rope_7844 in Vermont Winters by Outrageous-Outside61

I managed a dairy farm in chittenden county about 17 years ago, I’ll never forget grazing cows into mid December. Not having to worry much about frozen water through that whole time either. Chittenden county is the banana belt of VT. In Orange County there’s still snowpack on the ground today, even after last nights rain.

We’ve increased 3 degrees on average in the last 100 years, and shortened freeze ups by an average of three weeks. I don’t disagree that that’s bad and going to get worse, but it doesn’t mean last weeks weather was climate change.

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Maleficent_Rope_7844 t1_j31d80j wrote

Burlington in particular has increased by 7 degrees. Haven't read into why Burlington is so unique, maybe the lake or geography.

It's a statistical thing, not black and white. Climate change increased the probability and ultimately the severity of last week's weather. There's still a chance it could've happened without all the excess CO2, but it would've been less likely.

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