• KombatWombat@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, if winters are warmer now than people remember, it’s not global warming making a noticeable change.

    For perspective, the average global temperature has risen 0.08°C (0.14°F) per decade since 1880. It has increased to (0.18°C / 0.32°F) since 1981, but you still aren’t going to feel that.

    • 31337@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Depends on the area one is from. Where I grew up, temperatures were definitely consistently colder in the winter when I was a kid, and we received much more snow. Climate change is not just about the average changing, but the standard deviation as well (over both time and location). Regardless, for many people in the U.S., their USDA plant hardiness zone has changed due to consistently warmer winter weather.