Monday, January 07, 2019

The Steady Warming of the Sacramento Valley - Local Example of Global Warming

I realized my consumption of natural gas for space heating might be exceedingly-sensitive to outside temperature, so I plotted a running 12-month sum of consumption since 2001 - the last time my household changed significantly in character. Sure enough, a general downward drift signals climate change - a warming of the Sacramento Valley - with a significant dip during the years 2013-16: California's great drought (with accompanying warm temperatures).

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