Add to this the fact that the "Much-needed Rain" crowd outdid even their previous capacity to throw a bunch of raw crud at us! We hope they can give us a new snofall record for Dec. 25 as payback.

"This was the first time DCA has had back-to-back record low highs in October since 1891." No, not quite, by at least 49 years:

Means, Extremes, and Hype-ocracy

Capital Climate is simply arguing semantics. See the data for yourself.

Great stuff!

Mr. Samenow, did you consider assigning this post with the "climate change" tag?

Is it not climate change related? Didn't you write, "Here are some interesting climate notes I compiled ..."

If the record breaking cold falls under, as you say, climate notes, then why not tag it "climate change"? Or is it only "climate change" when the temperature is going up?

Mr. Q.

When I was a young man, we called this climate note/change "fall". It usually preceded the climate note/change known as "winter".

Mr. Q.

I think I have cracked the code!

When the temperature is going up, it is "climate change".

When the temperature is going down, it is a "climate note".

Mr. Q.

Mr. Q-- My post is focused on local climate -- which I cover frequently (see our local climate category), not global climate change (generally covered by Andrew, and once in a while by Steve Tracton, Ann Posegate, and Matt Rogers; see the climate change category)

Mr. Samenow wrote, "... not global climate change (generally ..."

Oh global climate change.

Like this global climate change by Robert Henson which highlights record temperatures at Regan Nation Airport?

Or this global climate change?

Thank you for the clarification.

Mr. Q.

If record high temperatures at Regan National Airport can be tagged with "Climate Change", it would seem reasonable that record cold temperature in D.C. could also be tagged with "Climate Change", regardless who wrote it. Unless of course you aren't permitted to tag it with "Climate Change".

Mr. Q.

If you don't tag this with "Climate Change" you are simply validating my previous comment.

When the temperature is going up, it is "climate change".

When the temperature is going down, it is a "climate note".

Mr. Q.

@Mr. Q

The articles you link to explicitly discuss or make a connection with the issue of climate change. This article above simply summarizes the records and other significant statistics associated with a recent weather event in the D.C. area.

Dan,

Did you even read the article that I linked to?

I ask because you say that the above article (the one directly above this comment, and not the article I linked to) "simply summarizes the records and other significant statistics associated with a recent weather event in the D.C. area."

Regardless of how you would characterize the above article, I would argue that the article I linked to "simply summarizes the records and other significant statistics associated with a recent weather event in the D.C. area." Specifically Regan National Airport. Which, quite ironically, Jason writes about in this article!

But don't worry. I get it. When the temperature trend is upward, it is proof positive of "climate change". But when the temperature trend is downward, it means nothing; a "climate note" at best. Therefore, why would one include the "climate change" topic in their article which discusses record breaking low temperatures? And since "climate change" wasn't a topic of the article (Duh! Why would it be? It was record breaking low temperatures. Not high temperatures.), you couldn't possibly tag it "Climate Change"; regardless of how similar it is to the other article which you did tag "Climate Change". Is that correct?

Let me ask you one simple question -
Do you only write articles about global warming and record temperatures when the records being broken are record highs?

Mr. Q.

That wasn't a trick question Mr. Stillman. And it doesn't strike me as a particularly difficult question.

Do you only write articles about global warming and record temperatures when the records being broken are record highs?

Mr. Q.

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