Blood, sweat, and tears. Last month in DeKalb County and in the world, we experienced the hottest July in existence. This massive heat index can be directly caused by global warming, according to the Associated Press. “More than 6.5 billion people, or 81 percent of the world’s population sweated through where climate change had a significant effect on the daily average temperatures,” found in a new report issued Wednesday, August 2, 2023 by Climate Central. According to Waterpark, “The Smithville, Tennessee average summer temperatures are as follows: The hot season lasts for 3.8 months – from May 25 – September 20, with the average daily high temperature above 80 degrees. The hottest month of the year locally is July, with an average high of 88 degrees and a low of 67 degrees.
The cloudier parts of the year are from November 18 through June 13. The clearest month in Smithville is in August. The wettest months are from March 19 – August 21. The month with the most wet days in Smithville is July and the driest days are in October. The month with the most rainfall is December and the least rainfall is in August. The snowiest time in Smithville is from December through March – three months, with the snowiest month being February with 2.3 inches. The massive snowfalls characteristic of the 1960’s and 1970’s in Smithville also have been affected by global warming. No more deep, massive snows. A two-inch snow is incorrigible! On another note, the growing (garden) season is from April 27 until October 21 wrote the Farmer’s Almanac concerning DeKalb County.
Research records show cities with 4,711 fingerprints had 4,019 having experienced climate change during July, 2023, which scientists said was the hottest month on record in the world. The study further induced that the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas had made it three times likely to be hotter. The above are the contributors of global warning. DeKalb County, Tennessee has the 16th highest percentage of residents in the state who are worried about global warming.
“The climate of DeKalb County is generally moderate; the summers are warm and the winters are relatively mild with three or four snows and freezing nights through January and February,” wrote county historian Thomas G. Webb. “Temperatures in summer are usually under 100 degrees, and in normal years, rainfall is usually 40 – 50 inches a year…. If the summers could be hot and dry, the winters could bitter cold. The temperature in January,1977 never rose above the freezing point the entire month and the ground froze more than 10 feet thick and many water pipes were frozen in the ground for more than two months.” I remember that time-period in history. All the nursery stock in DeKalb County had frozen and died, causing a tremendous monetary loss for the nursery industry. I vividly remember watching my fiancé, Marlon Judkins, discovering the losses and alerting other statewide nurseries. Truly, the lengthy frost made a huge indentation in the state’s agricultural crops.
According to the Pew Research Center, about two-thirds of Americans feel the federal government is not doing enough to counteract the effects of climate change. “Solutions such as planting more trees (and praying there isn’t a killing frost) to absorb carbon emissions garnered widespread, bipartisan support. The 12-month total precipitation increased 14.3 inches from May,1900 to April, 2003, the average 12-month total precipitation was 53.8 inches.
Recently, a representative of the National Weather Service in Nashville verified that the yearly seasons in DeKalb County are currently affected by global warming and La Nina.
For simplicity, the following definitions may help with the below weather topics:
· Global Warming: Refers to the rise in global temperatures due mainly to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. 118 degrees formed by not planting enough trees to calm the earth.
· Climate Change: Refers to the increasing changes in the measures of climate over a long period of time, including precipitation, temperatures, and wind patterns. “The climate changes because of global warming effects.”
In conclusion, whatever you do outside today will affect the weather tomorrow. Our weather has already changed through global warming and La Nina. Before long, there will be no snow and high temperatures of 115 degrees. And, then we’ll say: “I wish I had learned everything I could about climate change and global warming.”
On we go – ready or not!
