Originally Posted by LINittanyLion

I'm a meteorology major at Penn State. This year doesn't seem more peculiar than any other year to be quite honest. Fact of the matter is, that nowadays on any day there is weather that is out of the ordinary you will hear people say "Global Warming" or something to that effect. I work for the Pennsylvania State Climatology office in addition to studying, and wrote the climate summary last month. Temperatures were slightly cooler and there was above average precipitation rates. Worldwide, things seem in line with what you would expect from a La Nina season.