Flashback 1956: Climate Change Wreaks Havoc Across The World – Disasters Flourish

A list of 1956 severe disasters before 350ppm CO2 levels – must be early climate change, no?

1956 climate change severe weather blizzard

1956: 125 Die In NYC Region Blizzard – 13.5 Inches Of Snow Quickly Dumped On Area

1956: “Threat of Famine Hovering Over Ice-Shrouded Europe”

1956: 400,000 Square Miles of Australia Threatened By Floods

1956: “It Hit Like A Bomb” – Freak Tropical Storm Floods & Blacks-Out Large Areas

1956: “Moisture conditions are the worst in recorded history”

1956: “Drought Spectre Creeps Across Great Plains, Granary of U.S.

1956: Texas/Oklahoma Blizzard Leaves Up To 43″ of Snow

1956: Likely 58 Japanese Dead From Blizzard

1956: Earthquakes Rock Afghanistan – 20,000 Feared Dead

1956: Torrential Rains Swamp Tasmania – “Worst Flood In Years”

1956: “Flood Of Snakes” Threaten Farmers

1956: “Ike Will See Farm-Ranch Drought Scars No President Has Ever Witnessed”

1956: Crippling Blizzard Follows Tornadoes In Dakotas – “One Of The Worst Storms On Record”

1956: Nova Scotia Struck By 40MPH Gales, 20″ Of Snow, 12ft Drifts

1956: 23-Day Cold Wave Death Toll In Europe Stands At 777

1956: Turkey’s “Worst Winter” Brings Torrential Rains & Big Snow Melts

1956: Large Cracks In Taj Majal’s Main Structure Appear – Heavy Floods To Blame

1956: Flood Mud Carpets Toulon, France Region – Rare Heavy Storm To Blame

1956: Black Dust Storm & Tornadoes In U.S. Kill 16

1956: “White House Plans New Drought Aid”

1956: “Ike Declares California Fire Major Disaster” – Brush Fires Spread

1956: Floods & Avalanches Affect Areas of Germany and Austria

1956: Cyclone Strikes Queensland, Australia

1956: Southern Ohio Fights Forest Fires From High Wind & Low Humidity Conditions

1956: Los Angeles First Hit With Record Storm Flood Then Sizzled By Fire

1956: 2,000 Chinese Die In Typhoon

1956: Canadian Farmers Lose Crops To Golf-Ball Sized Hailstorm

1956: Famous Historian Predicts Devastating World Famine To Come

1956: Tidal Wave 24-Feet High Roars Into Calcutta

1956: Cloudburst Storm Triggers Dangerous Floods In Brazil

1956: Idaho’s Forest Fires Increase By 20 As New Storms Strike

1956: South Pole Iceberg Sighted That Is 3X The Size of Manhattan Island

1956: Hurricane Flossy Floods New Orlean’s Streets

1956: Tornadoes & Floods Plague Central U.S.

1956: 600 Mile Wide Typhoon With 140MPH Winds Rips Into Okinawa

1956: Vast Forest Fires Rage In Alaska

1956: 30% of U.S. Has Extreme Drought Conditions

1956: Greek Islands Struck By Earthquake, Volcano & Tidal Wave

1956: Monsoon Dumps 11 Inches

Analysis: ‘Which Year Was Most Extreme?’ in U.S. ‘2012 came out first & 2nd most extreme on the top 2 categories, respectively’

‘The winter in 1936 was the 2nd coldest on record. Only the winter of 1979 was colder.
The summer of 1936 was the hottest on record.
Annually, 2012 was warmest, whereas 1936 was ranked 72.

So, a very hot summer and very cold winter in 1936 cancelled each other out, to something about average! It is no surprise then that the “US Climate Extremes Index” for maximum temperature shows 1936 as one of the least extreme on record, while 2012 is top.

So, which year really was the more extreme?