A harsh winter doesn’t negate global warming!

Yesterday was a very cold morning at -11 degree Fahrenheit (-24 C). It was in fact our coldest morning in decades. Should I mention that we’ve got a record snow year too?

So, at a time when global warming is solidly settled into our common beliefs, it’s sometime hard for us not to get confused between weather and climate, or between one specific moment and the long term. 

This said, I do believe that the earth is heating up, its glaciers are melting and the snow line is climbing all over the world, but that obviously leaves room for exception that don’t even make a dent into long-term trends. We just need to be able to differentiate the daily conditions from the yearly statistics. 

We’ve been living in a long term drought in Utah, and meteorologists claim that it would take four of five seasons just like this one to turn the situation around and replenish our water reserves. 

I hope it happens, but doubt it seriously. All this to say that I will enjoy this season’s superb snow while I go skiing and abstain for hoping a repeat performance next winter!