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Originally Posted by Slava
Is this really a climate change thing? I feel like we've had these cold snaps for as long as I can remember and it's just part of life here. Also, in my business we call this "reversion to the mean". Warm December and now a cold January.
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We had cold snaps but they were different. I don't recall polar vortices penetrating as far south growing up, it was never a thing in the news like it is expected to come now every year just like summer smoke season.
Changes in temperature differences can make the polar vortex expand to more southern latitudes. While this phenomenon occurs naturally, climate change is expected to impact the frequency and severity of polar vortex events.
https://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/...ortex%20events.