by Paul Douglas | Jul 2, 2021 | Weather
Smoking Hot 4th of July Holiday Weekend I remember summers where it wouldn’t stop raining, agitated neighbors walking dogs in light jackets, shaking their fists at me, and a cool sloppy sky. “Will we be cheated out of summer” they asked. I could only shrug and blame...
by Paul Douglas | Jul 1, 2021 | Weather
Sunny Warming Trend Into 4th of July For the record I’m very pro-sunshine. I feel more energy and optimism when Earth’s nearest star is visible. Most of us do. Yet there is such a thing as too much sunshine. There’s a good reason why corn doesn’t grow in southern...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 30, 2021 | Weather
Heating Up For 4th of July Festivities I’m seeing things on my weather maps I’ve never witnessed before and I’m fairly sure that’s not a good thing. Like an extraordinary “4-Sigma” heat wave for the Pacific Northwest, 4 standard deviations from the mean, or an event...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 29, 2021 | Weather
90s Return In Time For 4th of July Weekend Minnesotans earn their summers and this year we are getting an extra serving of heat and sunshine. “Peak Summer” for me falls between the Summer Solstice and the 4th of July, when there’s still a twinkle of twilight on the...
by Paul Douglas | Jun 11, 2021 | Weather
Most 95 Degree Days So Early in Season I’m happiest when Mother Nature isn’t trying to murder me. This is the atmosphere’s attempt at balance: extreme school-closing cold can, in fact, be followed by extreme school-closing heat. Welcome to the most 95-degree days ever...
