It’s not just about climate change or global warming – trends whihc can not be confirmed or denied till it’s too late – it’s also about climate volatility. This is already empirically demonstrated. There are high fluctuations in temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover.
Sometimes it’s wonderful for us because we can enjoy warm sunny days in March. But it makes it difficult to plan. It is so unusual that even plants are challenged to reproduce and grow and the consequence is lower food productivity.
Check out this image from the Earth Observatory showing plus and minus 15 degree variations in March:
The unseasonable warmth broke temperature records in more than 1,054 locations between March 13–19, as well daily lows in 627 locations, according to Hamweather. Cities as geographically diverse as Chicago, Des Moines, Traverse City (Michigan), Myrtle Beach, Madison (Wisconsin), Atlantic City, New York City, and Duluth, (Minnesota) all broke records for high temperatures in recent days.
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