I’d settle for that, we’d be close enough to the periphery of the heat ridge for solid convection. As long as we’re not directly beneath the ridge.

Don’t think I’d consider 80/81 as having much of any ENSO signal atmospherically, it was basically dead neutral. Purely a WPAC warm pool/+QBO/solar max dominated circulation regime.

This summer is going to be beyond brutal at times. We have been setting record highs about every 3 weeks.

@PhiEaglesfan712 may end up being right after all with his call for a record warm April.

1933-34. It was actually warmer here in Denver than this torch winter.