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To: Taro who wrote (910756)	12/25/2015 1:03:44 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By Metacomet Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1587770

Ok, sounds like we need to go over some advanced concepts. One, and it is important so pay attention, things don't happen on a straight line. So it is very possible to have a record cold temperature when the general trend is upwards, and a record warm temperature when the general trend is colder. Seems like a simple concept, but many climate deniers seem to be unable to grasp it. Two, and this is important too, there are regional variations. It is very possible for one place, say where you are, to be having extremely cold weather when there is a general warming trend. This doesn't disprove that the warming is occurring, just that you have a local minima. I think this comes from the tendency of climate deniers to confuse weather and climate. Now Texas is not like southern Europe, which some people, especially Europeans seems to assume. Look on a globe and follow the lines of latitude. Texas isn't the south of France, it is more like Northern Africa. With humidity. Unlike North Africa, we get cold fronts that come down from Canada and/or the Arctic. So it is quite possible for Dallas to get snow. But, once the effects of the cold front go away, things warm up. If there is a long enough pause, it can easily make it into the highs 20s or low 30s, high 70s to mid 80s for those metrically impaired. Even in February. Now cold fronts are relatively common in the winter months, so it doesn't usually have enough time to warm up quite that much. Like here, it was only a week or two since the lows were close to freezing. So how warm things are at Christmas is a function of how recently a cold front As to the 1930s, there were a few years of higher than normal temperatures. Perhaps you have heard of the Dust Bowl? Take 1936, there was a terrific heat wave that baked most of the US. To balance it out, however, the following winter plunged most of the country into record cold. In general though, temperatures were higher than normal during the 1930s. In the US. See One, above. Any questions? I'd LOL, but it isn't very adult to laugh at those so clearly and consistently wrong as you are.