That’s why the effect of climate change is not just “hotter summers, milder winters.” It’s warmer weather and colder weather, record heat waves and record cold snaps. It’s more flooding and more droughts. It’s wet areas getting wetter, hot areas getting hotter, and dry areas getting drier. It’s much heavier rainfall and much nastier superstorms. It’s tornadoes getting stronger and spreading to new states. It’s more wildfires that last longer and do more damage.

