[RFL1986]

I do wonder a lot about how much of it is caused by humans and how comes from natural patterns. This summer started off in a really strange fashion but now things feel pretty much normal (although a bit rainier than usual).

[Roguegal]

I would venture to guess that it's about 90% human caused. And that the other 10% is Mother Nature trying to resolve it. Stop and think about how things were done for machines, before the industrial revolution. The air was still clean back then and so was the water. I realize that the water near big cities wasn't all that clean, but water elsewhere in the world was. There were more trees to keep the CO2 down. This is one of those situations where the old saying "Hindsight is 20/20" comes into play. If we knew back then what we know now things would be completely different. Well, maybe not completely different. But they wouldn't be as bad as they are right now.

[horselover]

For early June, it was a sweltering day today. It got to be about 100 with the humidity today.

[Brendan]

So far this June has been the coldest one in recorded history in British Columbia.

[stav]

this is the rainiest june on record so far in the UK.... hasn't stopped raining... it's not really cold though...

[tater03]

Yes, it has been real hot the last few days here in Ohio and not suppoused to change anytime soon. It is warmer then it usually is this time of year.

[horselover]

Maybe August wont be so rainy then tater, it would mean the difference between my trip being rained out or being beautiful.

[mtrent]

Originally Posted by horselover

It's odd up here too.

April should bring us a lot of rain, but we didn't really get that much.

We got walloped during the winter months with tons of snow. Didn't get the rapid thaw that was predicted that would have caused flooding.

Now it's hot then cold then hot again.

Horse Lover where are you from? You did not let us know. Please tell so all will know how across the nation is being affect by these wild weather patterns.

[mtrent]

Originally Posted by justjoy

More and more we're hearing about wild weather patterns all over the world. We've had some extremely high winds and rain over the winter in the UK and then blazing hot in the spring. Now that we're into June, that feeling of summer is questionable...

I started this thread and I live in Knoxville, Tennessee and have lived here since the day I was born. April and May were wet and and mid 80's, but know already in the very first week of June we have had NO rain and the temperatures have hit the high 90's. Today it hit 97 which is broke all kinds of records for us. We usually do not hit high 90's until July.

[horselover]

Toronto Ontario. We live about a 10 minute drive from the lake too.