In the scientific community it is referred to as "global climate change" for this reason -- it's not only a change in warming, but in cooling, precipitation patterns, growth patterns, ocean and wind current patterns, etc.
Haha no that's not it at all. I am a scientist. As is TankedChemist. Scientist that study the evidence see what is going on clearly, unfortunately when politics gets involved, it's impossible to convey a purely scientific message without it getting muddled.
It's called global climate change because warm seasons are predicted to get warmer (as they have), and cold seasons are predicted to get colder (as they have as well). Rain events get more intense, and drought events get more intense as well. It's the weather (and climate patterns) becoming extreme at both ends of the spectrum.