A large mass of Arctic air that moved south from Canada brought cold, wintry weather in mid-January 2024 that extended from the Pacific Northwest all the way to the East Coast. The cold reached as far south as Texas and Louisiana. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this view of snow and clouds over the Great Lakes on Jan. 16, 2024. The map shows near-surface air temperatures at 7 a.m. EST on Jan. 15 from NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS), which uses data from NASA satellites and other sources. Another surge of frigid Arctic air is forecast to spread over the eastern half of the country on January 19 and 20, though it won’t be as extreme according to weather reports. But wait… wasn’t 2023 the hottest year on record? If Earth is experiencing a long-term warming trend, why do these cold events occur? That’s a matter of weather versus climate. Weather typically refers to short-lived, while climate refers to longer-term averages and usually ov...
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