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Seth Anthony
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- Why can the weather be drastically different on July 31st 2020 compared to July 31st 2019?
Hello.
One winter can be mild and snow free, while the next winter is a frozen wasteland. One summer can be blistering hot, while the next is rather cool. More specifically, if you take that example down to the day, then why can the weather be drastically different on July 31st 2020 compared to July 31st 2019? The Earth's tilt and distance from the sun is no different between those dates, and solar output is seemingly about the same for those two dates. So what changed between those dates to cause, let's say, a massive 30 degree temperature change? In other words, why wouldn't the weather be exactly the same on those two dates?
When I've posed this question to a couple of climatologists, I received the suspected answers of ocean currents, uneven heating, cloud formation, etc, yet, none of those reasons actually answer my question. Those answers are symptoms, not causes.
I suspect the answer is fluctuations in solar radiation, but both those climatologists denied that. So what's the answer?
One winter can be mild and snow free, while the next winter is a frozen wasteland. One summer can be blistering hot, while the next is rather cool. More specifically, if you take that example down to the day, then why can the weather be drastically different on July 31st 2020 compared to July 31st 2019? The Earth's tilt and distance from the sun is no different between those dates, and solar output is seemingly about the same for those two dates. So what changed between those dates to cause, let's say, a massive 30 degree temperature change? In other words, why wouldn't the weather be exactly the same on those two dates?
When I've posed this question to a couple of climatologists, I received the suspected answers of ocean currents, uneven heating, cloud formation, etc, yet, none of those reasons actually answer my question. Those answers are symptoms, not causes.
I suspect the answer is fluctuations in solar radiation, but both those climatologists denied that. So what's the answer?