My area has actually been experiencing milder temperatures. The last few years we were hitting the 90's in May and pushing the 100's going into June. This year the temps were still mostly in the 80's during May and now are just in the lower to mid 90's.
That's just temperature. Humidity on the other hand is a different story. Of course the gulf South is always going to be humid, but holy shit. This year it seems like it's been pretty high. That just makes the "feels like" temperature that much higher. You walk outside for 5 seconds and are loaded with ass sweat. After cutting grass I'm not sure if I'm soaked with sweat or humidity my shirt absorbed from the air. We've been having more quick afternoon showers this year compared to the past few too.
This is all normal rotation of weather patterns for us here though. We haven't had any extreme events, at least not until a Hurricane decides to head towards us.
Since it's part of the topic this is my take on climate change.
- Climate change on a geologic scale is obviously a real thing. The earth has historically been about 18 degrees warmer on average than it is now. Technically we're in an ice age. I haven't kept up with the data but I think we are scheduled/predicted to be coming out of it now; or at least coming out of a mini one. IMO this is a partial cause for any short term climate change we are seeing. We don't have the most pinpoint data to know how climate and weather patterns change on a short scale. We just have data that says here it was cold, then here it was hot. Not a lot in between that shows what happens year to year.
- Man made climate change is a real thing too. Heck, in the past bacteria has drastically influenced the global climate. So it's kind of short sighted to think people don't have some influence on the global climate. For me, the point of contention is how much have humans impacted the climate. I'm of the opinion that humans have NOT impacted the climate near as much as being portrayed. Yes, there is some correlation. But correlation does not equal causation; or in this case sole causation.
- Unfortunately anything to do with climate change has been politicized. So instead of letting the data lead us to conclusions, it's been switched to this is what they want the conclusion to be so make the data fit that. Then you throw in "feel good solutions" that really do nothing [or make pollution worse]. Or dumbass taxes... We give the gov't money and magically everything will be fixed. Of course people/agencies have their own agenda that may or may not have anything to do with climate change; even though they say it does. Things like that and no wonder people are highly skeptical of the science/data. Also have to factor in how any solutions will affect industry and economy. Can't just say ok everything's electric now and devastate the oil & gas industry over night.
- I won't drag the subject any more into the political area, so I'll just sum my thoughts up here. There is geologic and short term time scales for climate change and there's not enough data to make any pinpoint, concrete conclusions on either. Human influenced climate change is only a small piece of the picture and we're not even sure how many pieces there are or what the full picture is supposed to be. The best we can do now is protect the planet in ways that make sense and won't wreck nations' economy/industry.