Here's our take on what's really happening. But not as much as you'd think. The Earth has warmed about 1 degree Fahrenheit this century. We all have been inundated with long expositions on human-induced global warming, some of them objective, others not. Inevitably, talk of global warming increases during and just following extreme heat waves such as this past July's.
Weather is characterized by ups and downs, activity and monotony.
Extremes will always occur, and they do not necessarily foretell of more ominous times to come. Therefore, precise measurements of temperature do not extend far into the past, a mere drop in the bucket when considering the realm of global climate change. Most of that is due to an increase in very heavy precipitation events. As global temperatures increase, one theory goes, more water evaporates from the oceans. The increase in water vapor results in heavier precipitation.