A trope of climate change is any one incident is relatively meaningless - just a cold snap or a hot week doesn't prove a lot - the long term averages do. I've got to say world records for heat seem to be following me around - most painfully an all time record in humid Tokyo Japan. Seeing Haichiko and other sites just about put me down - not pretty. A fat man does not get rid of heat quickly.
Now I do think that even a couple of degrees since the seventies is a noticeable change on the East Coast. I've talked about impact under the ocean - this is noticeable difference in above ground climate. There is a great graphic of high temp records across the decades which goes from a rainbow to all red in the 2000's. I notice things like ponds and ice skating which has gone from waiting for date well into winter to no longer safe anytime in the year. I was never a great ice skater (I cleaned the ice backside first - ha!) but like other kids it was one of those things you looked forward too. Sadly like the snows caps of Kilimanjaro - no more.
Once again a bad change I can bear witness to. I try to stay hopeful. Today about 35 Model 3 owners got together in Canada - I was there and it was exciting to see the optimism. Too little too late? Only time will tell. My son saw Tokyo up close - his generation will see worse but I remain confident they will help turn it around.
Here's a great XKCD timeline of temperature variation to bring it home to our ostrich in sand climate deniers.
https://xkcd.com/1732/
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