The nightmare started here just a little bit later. Pretty much Jan 1997 - Nov 2003. I actually think it's more like through Nov 2006. Jan 2004 was decent, but the month was still warm overall. The first several winters I lived here it never even dropped below 19 degrees, and most didn't make 20. Lately lows below 20 are pretty easy to come by.
The 1930’s had those Dust Bowl-era heat waves that were fueled by desert-like conditions in the Great Plains. (As a result of agriculture.) Ironically, that was another example of human activity affecting weather.
I know the mystery remnant that brought Detroit 70 mph winds and killed several people came NNE at incredible forward speed once it connected with an incoming CF. Wish I had saved the article on that event.
As windy as Ike? His rampage in OH was the 2nd costliest natural disaster in the state's history after the Xenia F5. Ike's death toll included 28 persons in Ohio. That's a wild stat imho.