Wild swings in weather are a form of climate change according to climatologists 

The coming freeze has people across Louisiana getting ready to hunker down, bundle up, and bring their pets indoors. It also has plenty of folks wondering, “I thought global warming would stop all this” … and that’s where professionals sometimes have to step in with answers. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim explains that climate change can equate to wild swings in temperatures across the board. “We probably will have to deal with more extreme weather going forward,” Keim explains. “That means more heavy rainfalls along with more periods of drought. That may sound contradictory, but it’s not. It’s just that when you get these big storms, you’re going to get tremendous rainfall amounts in a shorter period of time. Then, you’re going to go for longer periods without any rain,” adds Keim.The cold weather that everyone in Louisiana is currently bracing for was another topic Keim touched on. “One thing that’s interesting in terms of the upcoming winter event that we’re dealing with is that overall we’ve been having decreasing amounts of freezing temperatures here in Louisiana. Over about the past seven years or so (with SOME variability) there’s been a striking trend toward fewer extremely cold days,” Keim goes on to explain.
In terms of what the future might hold, Keim explains what climate change might mean to Louisiana. “One form of climate change could be that the means don’t change at all, but the amplitude of the weather increases.In other words, you get more extreme highs and extreme lows in temperatures. By the time you add it all up at the end of the year, the averages haven’t noticeably changed, but you’ve seen more extremes of highs and lows in the weather,” adds Keim.