Update on Everglades temperatures from Wolfram Alpha

 Original post here

With additional data from the climate station located there USC00082850   25.8489  -81.3897

That station data ends in 2017

Lake City is one of the few quality climate station in Fl USC00084731   30.1853  -82.5942

Coldest on record for Northeastern US

1989 Northeast United States

NOAA records for US Northeast Dec 1989 link no longer works

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Why did I give up on the Straighter Dope?

 Because I realized there is no reason for it.  None.  Other than the fleeting enjoyment I get out of it, it's useless.

SFX:

 Most annoying (and wrong) climate claim?

"It snows more because it's warmer"

Self assured idiot:

That's not wrong. 

SFX:

Of course it is.  It's so wrong, and so easy to prove, it's unbelievable that anyone would fall for such a blatantly false claim about something like this.

It's very annoying.

SAI:

Do you have any way of backing up your claims? 

Of course.  Except I didn't make.a claim, I noted the claim is wrong.  Even so, all the evidence, all the data supportd the well known fact that when it is warmer, THERE IS LESS SNOW, NOT MORE! 

If one now gets into an argument over this, you lose.

If you are debunking complete nonsense, there needs to be a paycheck involved.

Update on Barrow vs Chicago snow

 The original post 

Arctic climates often get surprisingly little snow. Barrow, Alaska, for example, gets less snow than Chicago in an average year, despite having winters that average 39°F (22°C) colder.  

Checked the data fo 1990-2019

Barrow still gets more snow than Chicago.

However, there is zero reason to make this public, or argue over it.  

The new way to do things

 The latest blog which is mostly data, and little commentary.

https://whyidonotbelieveyou.blogspot.com/

It's faster and much more rewarding.  I mean, if nobody is reading anything, why write anything?  

No time for non science

This blog is over, dead, finished.

The great thing about it?  Nobody cares.  Freedom is not having to worry about keeping up with a blog.

The Straighter Dope may return

The straightdope forum is a conundrum.