Feds: 'Meteorological March madness' mostly random

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3. Scientists have to be more circumspect

A correlation does not imply causation. Weather is very messy. The Navier-Stokes equations are extremely difficult to solve for even less complex situations. Proving a causal relationship is very difficult, if not impossible. That's why you won't hear a climate scientist say that this record March temps were a result of global warming.

The author is correct to state that it may be a contributor, but that's as far as a responsible scientist should go because there just isn't connecting data. Without that, cause may not be concluded.

Sorry. That's just the way science works.

As before in this issue, I'm being a bit of a pedant here. But please don't get upset when a scientist says that there might not be a direct link. It means that a link cannot be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the scientific method. We all have to live with that whether we like it or not.

Thanks for the interesting post.