Have you noticed the weather changing where you live over the years?

Question

If you’ve lived in the same area for a while, have you noticed the weather or seasons changing over the last 10, 20, or even 30 years? Hotter summers, warmer winters, less rain or snow, seasons starting later… anything.

For me, California summers seem like they’ve just gotten hotter and hotter over the years lol. I swear the heat feels more intense than it used to…

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

It’s definitely changed in New England from what I grew up with. Snow comes later (not that mad about that, lmao), and with the exception of last winter, I definitely feel like we get less overall snowfall.

But to be fair, last February we got THREE FEET of snow, and the bulk of it landed right in my goddamn driveway, lmfao. And of course —OF COURSE— my driveway is like a small street and we typically get it plowed (too steep for a snowblower on half of it, we’re elevated from the street)…. but the plow guy couldn’t get up the driveway. So we shoveled that bitch by hand, just the two of us. Eight hour job, “the hard way”, lmfao.

But the bright side is that we had a comparable blizzard in 1978, the year before I was born; and my entire lifetime, everyone older than me held this “STFU” trump card they COULD. NOT. WAIT to slap down on the table on anyone who hadn’t lived through it. Like “Sack up and shovel; this is nothing compared to The Blizzard Of ‘78.” Probably our #1 piece of local folklore…. and we have like Paul Revere and shit, but nah, we just like to snow-flex instead🤦‍♂️😂 So now they can go ahead on with all that noise, Blizzard Of ‘26 wins, BYE✌️🙄

Doorknob-high snow at the garage door, NBD

Just a peek of a railing visible from the steps up to the front lawn, mid-blizzard

Taller than my reflector stick that defines the lines of the driveway for the plow😮‍💨

The aftermath. Never seen so much snow in my life

Also noticing water levels are much lower, even in the past decade. When I first moved back here like seven years ago or so, I fished a pond that was full and even had a second smaller pond connected to it. Now it looks like this…

Everywhere you see mud was underwater as of a few years ago

So…. something is definitely up.

And I didn’t know you were a California Girl! They write songs about y’all, you know😜 And if you’re in LA like in the picture, I have at least half a dozen “Oh my god, have you ever been to…” conversations on deck for you😝 I’ve been three times, I love it there🌴🌊🏙️

Lliam · Accepted Answer

My wife have been living in the western Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California for over 24 years. There hasn't been any noticeable change. Some summers have been hot with spikes as high as 108°, and some summers have been fairly mild. The same with winters. Some have been really cold with spells of night time temps as low as 28°. Some winters are milder. We've had some really high winds and strong rain storms, as well as thunder, lightning and even bb-size hail during a few winters, too.

This summer wasn't too bad. It got up to 101° a few times.

All in all, it is typical for this area.

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

There is no Spring and Autumn, This year it was cold until 15th May than weather switched from 0 C at night to +35 C at day in less than week.
For people with health issues are such temperature changes very challenging.

Nikki1989 · Accepted Answer

Winters and summers seem to drag while the other seasons come and go in a heartbeat... or so it seems.

rtj1211 · Answer

Yes I have, but it is the way of the world. People need to stop believing that climate never changed. It's changed since time immemorial including before the existence of human beings.

I grew up in 1970s London, when we had precisely one snowfall in just under a decade. Then we had four or five winters in 8 in the 1980s when snow was plentiful, severe night-time frosts occurred and ponds/rivers froze. Since then, it's been a period with few cold winters and rather more warmer summers.

NathanDavis · Answer

30 years ago... we used to have four seasons

December had a bit of snow... the spring would bring butterflies and birds from elsewhere in the country/continent... the summer was always hot but we could still go out and play on the fields by the afternoon... and the fall used to be a mix of it all, lol

in the last six years or who however... we get 10 months of hot, hotter and hottest

and two disappointing winter months by January and February, lol...

AviatorTom · Answer

I live in the Southeast US, and have noticed more weather extremes over the past several years. For example, hotter days than normal in summer; stronger and more thunderstorms; colder days in winter, sometimes followed by warmer days.

One way to put it is that the overall average weather hasn't changed much, but the deviations from that average has increased.

exitseven · Answer

Except for last winter we have not had the severe winters we had when I was a kid. It is not automatically a white Christmas anymore. When I was a kid I remember several white Thanksgivings. If this keeps up maybe I won't have to move to Florida.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

When I was a child, we had winters with massive snowfall and -20° Celsius temperatures. Not anymore, now most winters have no or almost no snowfall at all.

browsingthroughthe · Answer

Sure but like the song in Paint Your Wagon movie I say "who gives a damn" in a sing song way :)

I mean hell - why do I care. I still do my regular thing. Sunscreen, hat or stay indoors and hydrated.

In winter, i stay warm and get my flu shot 💉

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Not around here. But from oversea's sailing buddies I hear that they put in a reef significantly more often than in previous decades.

front2back · Answer

It has been hot but not unexpected for the South, what I have noticed more of is seasons "shifting" out of sync a bit. Might not start getting cold until towards Thanksgiving and stay cold until March or April, whereas before by mid-late October it would be cold and by March start getting warm again.

Anonymous · Answer

we're slowly ruining our planet, the sun is getting closer so yeah, you can notice the temperature changes everywhere in the world, and you might even experience snow there where it never snowed.

Shiprex · Answer

I've just moved to Texas and folk here have said it's warmer than usual here.

Staximus · Answer

Here in Southern California I have never experienced such a long stretch of humid days like we had in the last month, and I’ve lived here all my life

AngryCarl3 · Answer

UK here. Summers have got much, much hotter. Rain is restricted to occasional downpours where in the past we had a light drizzle through most of the year. Winters are warmer, snow and ice are extremely rare.

Billlewis · Answer

Nope. What I've seen changing is the left wing media coverage of the weather, not the weather itself.

SeekerOfTruth007 · Answer

Yes. We definitely get way less rain and more super-hot days in SE Louisiana than we got 30+ years ago.

Iron_Man · Answer

No it’s always the same hot or mild In the winter but once in a while, we get good cold fronts in the winter

BCRanger10 · Answer

It's been pretty consistent over the last 15 years or so.

Anonymous · Answer

Summer is hotter and more intense and it definitely rains less than it used to.

Spencer10 · Answer

Most definitely. More heat and many more and more violent storms.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Well 80F and 80% humidity at 11:00PM is not the norm in SoCal, so yes.

EmmaMary · Answer

Very much so indeed.

TonyMetal___1986 · Answer

Same here, miss bouvet island 😁

mrlongdongsiilver · Answer

Yea both more cold and hotter because of ozone changes

Argyros6 · Answer

Yes more and more fires getting bigger and bigger.

Cleopatra4 · Answer

Yes I definitely notice it hurricane keep getting stronger.

thegreenyogi · Answer

Absolutely... and not in a good way.

jahaims · Answer

The earth's temperature has never been a constant.

queenofcardio · Answer

Much more rain and flooding.

DonaldDarko · Answer

No not that I've seen.

rapfan107 · Answer

Definitely its how you get allergies and stuff

Anonymous · Answer

Yes.

radiomechanic · Answer

Nope

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