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Gothamist was driving across southwestern Kansas late last April. It was a hot day, temperatures were well into the 90s, so we stopped for ice cream in Syracuse, Kansas. We got to talking to the ice cream shop owner and when they found out we were from New York City they said "New York? You get lots of snow there don't you? We haven't had snow in five years." From what we saw that was true –southswestern Kansas was close to the center of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, afterall. The ground was parched and a couple of times the wind blew great amounts of sand and dust a hundred feet or more into the air.
We were reminded of our stop in Kansas as we read stories about the 15-foot high snow drifts in western Kansas that have made roads impassible, requiring the National Guard to drop food for people and cattle by helicopter. The rain and snow western Kansas received last month was enough to upgrade their drought status from severe to moderate. We were also reminded of the story as we enjoyed having our lunch outside yesterday, and again this morning as we took pictures of the daffodils blooming in Morningside Park.
The latest date at which a trace or more snow has been observed during the winter season in Central Park is January 4th. That happened back in 1878. Skies should be clear today and tomorrow, with high temperatures in the mid-50s today and near 60 on Thursday, so that record from 1878 is as sure as broken. Rain is likely on Friday, but our high temperatures will remain around 60 for several days. It will cool off a bit on Sunday, but all indications are that the weather will stay abnormally warm for at least the next ten days.
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Weird factoid: there has been eight centimeters of snow in Jerusalem this winter, as compared to a goose egg here in New York.
Maybe God is punishing Kansas for being a backwards, evolution-hating embarassment to America?
For all of Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, I find it convenient that I haven't had the need for a winter coat this season. Global Warming works for me!
If global warming works for you, I hope you'll still like it when it's 100 degrees most days between June and September. I hope you'll still like it when there are rolling blackouts throughout the city because every air conditioner is going full blast day and night, but of course you'll just blame it on Con Ed. I hope you'll still like it when NYC gets a direct hit from a Cat 3 hurricane. I hope you'll still like it when food prices go through the roof because American's breadbasket is mostly drought-stricken like Kansas.
Brightliner.
Its called sarcasm.
Well, not so much sarcasm as looking on the bright side. We will in fact have a period of time (maybe the next 7 years or so) where there are at least some positive effects of global warming, like more termperate winters.
Obviously the positives will soon outweigh the negatives, but for now, go sit in the park and enjoy the sun.
There's plenty of time left to build an ark and develop scales on your skin to protect yourself from the burning hot rays of the sun once the ozone layer is gone.
The last time I met somebody from Kansas, they were from Manhattan, KS :)
Actually, I saw a flurry of snow for about 15 minutes that week we actually got really frigid. Was that November or early December? Hard to remember with all the mild weather since then. I remember hearing SCREAMING children and was a little worried so I looked out my window and it was actually snowing. Nothing stuck to the ground at all, so maybe it doesn't count?