Climate Change - 1933 Style

[JBG]

This article is from the March 27, 1933 New York Times (link, excerpts below):

The Winter of 1931-32 was the warmest in more than 100 years in that part of the country east of the Rocky Mountains....Trends for the Winter season are most irregular, with some cold spells to interrupt the general tendency toward ''green Christmases'' and smaller fuel bills. Summers grew colder from about 1875 to 1912, but then began growing warmer again.

The author forgot one thing; to write fear porn.

 

[JBG]

The path of temperatures since 1933 has been quite complex, at least in the U.S. east of the Rockies. 1934 held NYC's record cold reading, -15°F, ~-25°C on February 9, 1934. Record low temperatures continued sporadically through February and March 1934. 1935-6 had its share of extreme cold, but that year along with 1933, 1934 and 1936 were banner years for summer heat. Think the Dust Bowl. Pieces of the extreme heat often broke off and spread eastward, most spectacularly July 9, 1936 and days surrounding, when most cities east of the Rockies scored record high temperatures, including NYC at 106°F, 41°C. Many state records were set and not exceeded since. NYS recorded 108°F, 43°C that same day. "Climate change" type weather continued with the unnamed Hurricane of 1938, and of course the summer of 1944, with a then-record 40 or so days in NYC over 90°f.

The point is, there was plenty to be alarmed about. Most people were more worried about the Great Depression, and then losing loved ones in WW II. Maybe they should have flapped their arms about "climate change" then.