The loading of the dice in winter (Fig. 5, Middle), i.e., the shift to
unusually warm seasons, is not as great as in summer, despite the fact that observed warming in winter is larger than in summer (5).
It was
an unusually warm season, even for Florida standards, so we took full advantage and went to the beach as much as we could.
Not exact matches
Even though this Fall
season has been
unusually warm, these pancakes definitely make it seem cozy and remind me why this time of the year is my favorite!
In some places the
season got off to a slow start due to
unusually warm weather, but where early frosts and high winds got the birds off their tails excellent shooting was reported.
Growers blame the crop loss on an
unusually warm spring followed by late -
season freezes and this summer's drought.
This year's Atlantic hurricane
season will be «above normal,» with 12 to 18 storms, thanks in part to
unusually warm ocean temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said yesterday.
NOAA routinely monitors ocean temperatures, and our colleagues there noticed
unusually large and sustained
warming early in the
season around Bermuda.
El Niño conditions can also curb the formation of powerful storms, and with no El Niño in the picture in 2017 — and with
warmer - than - average ocean waters — last year's Atlantic hurricane
season was
unusually active.
McFarlane said Utah had an
unusually warm fall that extended the breeding
season for mosquitoes to late October.
«Climate dice,» describing the chance of
unusually warm or cool
seasons relative to climatology, have become progressively «loaded» in the past 30 years, coincident with rapid global
warming.
Some
seasons still will be cooler than the long - term average, but the perceptive person should notice that the frequency of
unusually warm extremes is increasing.
Although the winter and early spring are the normal time of year for dolphin strandings to occur, the weather this
season has been
unusually warm, leading to speculation about climate change and subsequently low «distribution of prey» as possible causes.
Following an
unusually warm winter, the melting
season began with record lows (post-1979, the satellite era) for both maximum ice extent and volume.
«Climate dice,» describing the chance of
unusually warm or cool
seasons, have become more and more «loaded» in the past 30 y, coincident with rapid global
warming.
Historical records (at least in Europe) clearly show that the Middle Ages was
unusually warm, with long growing
seasons and generally rich harvests (someone apparently forgot to tell Medieval farmers that they should have smaller crops in
warmer weather).