A new update: I found temperature data on the city of Mito about 20 km away for 2023 and 2024 here www.accuweather.com , with daily high and low temperatures. I added up all daily highs and daily lows for the same 15-week period during which we experienced very hot weather, the prime growing season, between June 11 and September 23 The averages turned out to be: 30.657 for the high and 22.657 for the low in 2024 Versus 30.819 for the high and 22.514 for the low in 2023. Thus just barely hotter highs in and barely cooler lows in 2023.I.e., no difference to speak of. Highs of 35 degrees were reached four times n July and nine times in August 2023. Highs of 35 or 36 were reached eight times in July and three times in August 2024, so it was slightly hotter somewhat earlier in 2024. None of the temperatures in themselves were record-breaking, just prolonged, but to the same degree each year. Thus it seems unlikely that the heat caused all of the differences I saw between 2023 and 2024 at this location. Aftereffects of 2023's heat are a possibility, but that seemed to be favoring most of the creatures I observed in 2023.
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Date: 2025-01-10 07:33 am (UTC)The averages turned out to be: 30.657 for the high and 22.657 for the low in 2024
Versus 30.819 for the high and 22.514 for the low in 2023. Thus just barely hotter highs in and barely cooler lows in 2023.I.e., no difference to speak of. Highs of 35 degrees were reached four times n July and nine times in August 2023. Highs of 35 or 36 were reached eight times in July and three times in August 2024, so it was slightly hotter somewhat earlier in 2024. None of the temperatures in themselves were record-breaking, just prolonged, but to the same degree each year.
Thus it seems unlikely that the heat caused all of the differences I saw between 2023 and 2024 at this location. Aftereffects of 2023's heat are a possibility, but that seemed to be favoring most of the creatures I observed in 2023.