This stoop-pumpkin-rotting event is unusual compared with Dr. Johnson's long-term (lifetime) time series of annual October observations of stoop pumpkins in New York City.
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson tweeted:
Sad new #ClimateChange impact: New York has been so warm and wet this October that stoop pumpkins 🎃 are rotting a week before #Halloween. I’ve lived in this neighborhood most of my life and never seen anything like this. pic.twitter.com/FGF8UIFEM6
— Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (@ayanaeliza) October 25, 2019
Comment by LEO Editors: Weather record going back to 1938 shows that the period between October 14 and 25 was wetter and a bit warmer then normal.
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