Brrrr! Er, maybe not: Winter Is fast Disappearing In America and around the World

A new study by Climate Central shows that the number of cold days in winter is dropping across much of the world, with the fall-off being particularly steep in Europe and the U.S.

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In a paper titled “Lost Winter: Above-freezing days added by climate change,” Climate Central experts wrote,  “Analysis of daily minimum temperatures during winter (December, January, February) in 123 countries shows that more than one-third (44) experienced at least one  additional week’s worth of days above freezing annually during the past decade (2014-2023) due to human-caused warming.”

The trend applied to 28 states and 39 of the 62 cities studied in the U.S., with the states most affected being Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Arizona, Maryland and Delaware. Notably, most of the warmer-winter states were in the Northeast, which traditionally has cold winters. 

Businesses battered
The trend creates several economic problems. One is that industries which rely on cold weather and snow, such as skiing, face a drop in income. Meanwhile, a lack of snow means less water when it melts in the spring. It is also more likely that disease-carrying pests affect humans longer each year and that some fruits and crops suffer from new seasonal changes.