look at boston. it s gotten 60.3 inches. their average is almost 42. philly already seeing almost 38 inches. their average is closer to 20. what is going on? okay, what s really going on is that we are overloading the atmosphere with extra carbon, which is trapping extra heat because we burn lots of coal and oil. and so, what this is doing is turbo-charging weather patterns. so, what we see is that in the spring and the summer, in places where it rains, we are recording much heavier rainfall. and in the wintertime, we are also recording much heavier snowstorms. in other words, climate change is creating a new normal of weather extremes, and we have to plan for this and prepare our snow removal budgets for such extremes. and brenda, this extends to even the temperature, because it seems like we re getting a lot more cold weather. the temperatures seem to be just in the 20s routinely lately. well, one thing is that
on how to live with afib. and with this valuable information in your hand, talk to your doctor. call 1-877-904-afib today. another winter storm is expected this week in areas already dealing with last week s snowstorm that left nearly two feet of snow in some spots. and along with the winter weather, this storm could be followed by more intense cold, giving no chance at all for last week s snow to melt and no break for the winter weary, which includes pretty much everyone in this studio. so, why are we getting so much snow? joining me from washington, d.c., is climate scientist brenda azbrizo with the union of scientists. good morning. good morning. do people glare at you these days? if we look at these snow totals so far we ve got a graphic here so far this winter, new york city has gotten 56.1 inches. we usually get about 22.