Stick to the facts. Nowhere did I argue things are "equal". What I have argued, and the data continues to support, is that given what has happened since 2020, it no longer makes sense to argue that the shoulder seasons are warming at close to the same rate as the peak of the warm season (July/August), especially spring. The maps I've shared make that very clear. It's just not comparable. Since 2020, OLM has seen 1 June, 0 Julys, and 0 Augusts below their long term averages. They've seen 2 Aprils, 2 Marches, and as I said 3 Mays in that period. And these are the long term averages. If you compare to the 30 year averages, the numbers are even more lopsided.

2013-20 were all at least +1 degree above average there. That's 8 consecutive years. 2024 and 2025 were -0.8 each and just -0.3 on the historic average. 2021 was slightly above the historic average. 2022 was the only May in the last 14 years that was meaningfully below average. 2023 was their 2nd warmest May on record. 2026 now appears poised for another top tier ranking, or at least substantially warmer than average. These things aren't close to equal. You realize this. Quit using bad faith arguments to suggest they are.

And yet, 3 of the past 4 Mays have been cooler than the long term, period of record average at OLM. Very strange.

Looks like a few storms (maybe severe) in my area tomorrow evening. Today is another nice day but we are back in the 80s tomorrow. A few more storm chances scattered throughout the next week should at least result in enough rain to water the plants.

That's what a lot of our warm season change can also be attributed to. Just broad periods of very sustained warmth, both days and nights. To me that's one of the bellwhether indicators of climate change here with our shifting baselines. Days like the last two probably would have been regionally a bit cool in decades past, now they're just modestly above average but they still represent the "downswing" in this two week ridging pattern.