But…but…why do people claim to predict climate when they can’t even predict the weather a week in advance?

#318 6pat6
No, that is weather! Climate is the weather, long-term, over a geographic area or region…True climate “change” occurs over much longer periods of time, affecting the types of crops that can be grown, and so forth.

Yup. That’s why. Over the long term, weather averages out, leaving you with climate.

IMO there are valid reasons to question the state of the art in climatology, but unreliable weather forecasting is not among them.