oops! global, slippery fingers on slippery keyboard!

Yeah, we've had some awesome warm/hot/sunny long summers recently here in the NE. Not so much this year. Warm/cool with lots of rain/flooding. Most are still waiting for tomatoes to ripen.

Last year near record heat, and little rain. This year just the opposite - several heavy snows in April, late frosts, and a cool, very wet early summer. My rural garden didn't get dry enough to till until July!!! The only thing predictable about the weather is its unpredictability... so if you've got good weather this year, count your blessings.

@ gardenmom : where about PNW are you located ? Have you checked the REAL historical weather data ?

I think these patterns(as described) are just random. Global warming is a slow average temperature increase across the GLOBE ( just a small fraction of a degree F per year ). It might be more appreciable way up north than in the tropics. The result will be melting more snow and ice, raising the sea levels and flooding some coastal areas permanently.

This post was edited by seysonn on Wed, Jul 31, 13 at 4:02

Actually, I think the PNW fits as a region predicted to experience disproportionate change. Same with the coastal northeast of north america which was predicted to have wetter and warmer winters and that has pretty clearly happened.

Contrast to, for example, Florida, which being nearer the equator has experienced less climate change.

Of course, it could be that DH and I are now retired and the kids are grown and gone. We now have the time to focus entire days on our garden. Yes, the weather is warmer, but the garden is also getting consistently watered. Whatever the reason, we are getting a lot of enjoyment out of it.