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1919 or 2019? London Ontario Edition

01 Jul 2020 | 1919 or 2019, Science Notes

London Ontario, down there in tornado alley, is accustomed to the vagaries of weather and the ability of an ordinary thunderstorm to turn into an anything-but-ordinary funnel cloud. Is this instability a new thing, attributable to the evils of modern motor vehicles, or has precipitation always been a complicated part of weather? You decide. One of these lines is the daily precipitation record for London from 1919 and one is from 2019. Which is which? Make your best guess then click the link for the answer.

Here’s the answer:

In this particular case, for these particular years, the averages were about the same but 1919 had more extreme events than 2019. Maybe it’s gnimraw labolg.

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