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[Nataliesgramma]

Whether or not you believe in Climate Change.....something is definetly going on...

June was the 3 wettest month for us here in the Northeast with only 6 days that it didn't rain. Temps the last couple days in the high 60's and low 70's. Then you have the drought in Arizona, New Mexico and California....the heat in Washington and the west. How about all the cold and snow on the East coast this past winter?

Such extreme weather conditions everywhere.....

[spud188]

Lots of heat records being broken here in North Idado,June is never this hot.

[Vivian]

I live in upstate NY, where it has been raining so much I wouldn't be surprised to see pairs of animals getting into a boat. My friend in California has been telling me about the drastic effects of the drought they have in the west. One of the reasons the term "climate change" is now used instead of "global warming" is that the effects of the phenomenon are weather extremes, not just warming. Record snowfalls, rain, flooding, and severe drought are all part of the problem according to scientists. I fear what my grandchildren might be facing a few decades from now.

[Vickiv]

I live in the Northeast. Early in Spring my grass looked so bad. Thin and dying . With all the rain we had my grass is green and thick. One thing nice the weeds are easy to pull out! It's amazing in other parts of the country hot and dry.

[redhead65]

Its not all that new or unusual. The weather is cyclical. Every few years it appears to go through cycles in clumps like this. I think when it gets further apart, we just tend to focus on it more as science and weather forecasters emphasis it .

Also, the Armageddon philosophers love to call attention to it when predicting the coming of the end of the world.

Not to say there are major climate changes we are going through with global warming and such. I'm just saying that sometimes these groupings of severe national (and worldwide weather) get our attention , run their course, subside until the next cycle occurs. it could be even years before it happens the same way again.

But who knows, everything is new each day, and they always say nothing ever stays the same!

[StylishLady]

Just the usual summer here. Rainy season, or as the TV weather folks like to call, hurricane season. Typical day is 90-93ºwith a rain shower later in the day. Get any yard work done early or later in the day. Our pool gets its most use too in the evening. 

[apple1964]

I agree and I live on the east coast it was a horrific winter ... we had what the midwest should and usually does have. And they had what we usually have had.

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@Nataliesgramma wrote:

Whether or not you believe in Climate Change.....something is definetly going on...

June was the 3 wettest month for us here in the Northeast with only 6 days that it didn't rain. Temps the last couple days in the high 60's and low 70's. Then you have the drought in Arizona, New Mexico and California....the heat in Washington and the west. How about all the cold and snow on the East coast this past winter?

Such extreme weather conditions everywhere.....

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[Lipstickdiva]

Our weather has been dreadful here in Ohio.  We've had only a couple days so far when it was in the upper 80's and that was very early in the spring when it shouldn't have been that warm.

Now our weather is cool and we've had rain, rain and more rain.  Our grass needs to be cut something awful but our yard is like a swamp.  A couple of my planters are shot from getting way too much water and my neighbors garden is a total loss.

Our high temps have only been in the mid-60's for the last several days.  Today's high is supposed to be 69, same for tomorrow. 

At least for right now they have changed the weekend forecast.  It is now supposed to be sunny and 80.

[Scooby Doo]

Crazy weather in UT this year.  Got maybe 3 inches on snow in the valley all winter which is very unusual, which has created a drought.  Biggest snowstorm was in the middle of April and it froze the fruit tree blossoms.  Rained a good deal in May.  June went down in record as the hottest we have had.  Our norm this time of year is about 94 but it's been in the triple digits.  My grass is looking like straw.  Makes me feel like i'm in Arizona.

[Kachina624]

"June was the 3 wettest month for us here in the Northeast with only 6 days that it didn't rain. Temps the last couple days in the high 60's and low 70's. Then you have the drought in Arizona, New Mexico and California....the heat in Washington and the west. How about all the cold and snow on the East coast this past winter?"

It's not just our country either. I heard they're having a terrible heat wave in India and have many deaths from it. I think I also heard something about a heat wave in Europe. They're anticipating landslides in Nepal as the rainy season approaches and washes out places that were affected by the earthquake.