And, 80 below (F) in Jim River, Alaska a couple days ago. A new record for Alaska and the U.S. They're not sure exactly how cold it got because the thermometer broke at -80. Well, the battery died on the measuring device at the reporting station due to the extreme cold. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/...ord-nearly-broken-but-murphys-law-intervenes/
Prairie Canada is just days away from its warmest (and driest) winter ever recorded. Alberta has had nearly seven straight months of record breaking averages. I wonder what La Nina is going to do to this year's grain crop (part of which I'll be growing on my farm : ))
IMHO the spring time weather has been overcast far too often the last five years. so far this year we are doing well.
Ah, the Daily Ricter Riddle. No clouds in the 70's. How do you come up with these riddles? All I can say is, good work.
San Diego usually has a nice onshore breeze which clears out the atmosphere except in May/June when they have a persistent marine layer. LA was pretty smoggy in the early 70s. I think cars are so much cleaner running now that it has made a big difference. Where I live outside of LA has 360 days of sunshine per year, the highest in the country. I tried living a Seattle which has spectacular summers but I'm too easily affected by the grey ski all winter. I have to live somewhere where that big orange ball in the sky is visible most days. Grey sky makes me unhappy really quickly. My friends up there got a good laugh because I would usually sit in front of a lightbox in the morning to drink my coffee.