[retrac]

I don't mean to be dismissive, but simple statistics. A record winter by itself is just a freak incident. As is a record hot summer. But what are the probabilities? One record cold day broken after 80 years? Improbable but not downright implausible. Year after year after year of record highs? Just coincidence?

[mbostleman]

Makes sense. I don’t have a good grasp on what the actual data is over time. My primary awareness is the extreme events that make the news.