That June 2021 event was surreal. A daily average of 91 here on the 28th for a +29 daily departure.

Man, I’d love to see a far left communist like AOC try and run. Unfortunately she ll probably be chilling on the gulag archipelago by then.

Not surprised. Gabe Prough a met on who channel 13 came to my home/office and interviewed me about the prevalence of drought in this section of SE Iowa. I shared some data with him. Like how many summers we average way less than 20 mowing per customer since 2012. Our average in 2023 was 18 mowings.. in 2017 we mowed most properties less than 10 times!!!! And this despite a generally longer mowing season even starting in March and ending in Nov many seasons. Basically since 2012 we have been in some level of drought each summer except 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020. As a example last sept 15th to nov 7th we only mowed some properties 1 time!!!!!! Couple that with no real snow falling until Jan 8th! You get the picture?? More months of year with down income than good months. That despite immense growth in customer base! That's without mentioning other inflation issues all businesses deal with. Bottom line SE weather is killing me. Gonna have to sell. When June starts averaging a inch or less each year its time to quit!!!!! Did anyone see Snodgrass today? Why does he continue to say for my area and east "NOT DRY JUST DRIER WEATHER COMING" Im sorry but these guys insult my intelligence. If .25 or .10 per week late May and June isn't to be called dry in SE Iowa? WHAT STUPID PLANET AM I LIVING ON?

I was thinking about Jan 1880 the other day. I think that event would be way harder to pull off where we're at now climate wise than a Jan 1950 (just a couple of degrees warmer) type month. All we need for a really cold month like that is a very persistent block in the right spot. A Jan 1880 redux just seems harder to pull off right now.

Easy to top for cold, but probably harder for snow. I'm betting the 1950s did it though.