Do you have to be old to remember the cold?

Published November 21, 2012 in Climate

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Each month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases their "State of the Climate: Global Analysis" report, detailing summaries of notable weather events across the globe.

Not surprisingly, October's report included Hurricane Sandy as a "significant climate" event. And as the blog Gristmill first reported, the report also included an alarming new fact that's easy to pass over until you make the math a little more relatable:

"October marked the 36th consecutive October and 332nd consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average," NOAA reported. "The last below-average October was October 1976 and the last below-average month was February 1985."

What does that mean if you switch months to years and calculate back in time? That if you're 27 or younger, you've never experienced a colder-than-average month. Yikes.