Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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Shifting Zones

For years now I've been observing the climate shift. When I was little, the area where I live got heavy snowfall in winter, bracketed by substantial spring and fall rains, with hot dry summers. Now the winters are much dryer and somewhat warmer, spring and fall are dryer; summer sometimes brings droughts but has, bizarrely, also brought heavy rains in a few years. The overall climate is definitely warmer, enough to change what will and won't grow here. In my childhood our zone was 5b. Over the last decade I've become convinced that it's 6b.

Last year the Arbor Day Foundation updated its zone map. Sure enough, it says 6b for our area now.

The USDA is still lollygagging. That's government efficiency for you.

You want to know about the climate, for real and true? Go ask the farmers and the gardeners. Go ask the people who plant trees. They know.
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May 2 2008, 00:29:56 UTC 13 years ago

*ponder* *process* *collate*

I believe my data match your data regarding fewer cumulus clouds. I think my area is leaning somewhat more towards cirrus than stratus replacements, though.