July 2014 – Page 6 – sunshine hours

Nanaimo Hot and Cold Day Histograms – So Much For Extreme Weather

Published on July 5, 2014July 5, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

You all know that the AGW cult likes to go on and on about “Extreme Weather” because the warming stopped in 1998 and they like to think the world is coming to an end and only they can save us. Just another end of the world cult.

So I thought I would look at the same data for the weather station closest to my hometown on the west coast of Canada. The data only starts in the late 1940s so there is no extreme’s from the 1930s and 1940s.

One thing to remember. The 2361 Days Over 25C number (for example) includes the 506 Days Over 30C etc.

I don’t see any increase in extreme hot days. I don’t see any increase in extreme cold days.

Aside from 2 hot days in July 2009 (matched by the 3 days in the 1960s) and 1 cold day in 2008 matched by a day in 1968 it seems to have been getting less extreme.

Sea Ice Update July 5 2014 – Antarctica Smashes Old Record By 400,000 sq km

Published on July 5, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 185 of 2014

Global Sea Ice Extent is 187,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 15 for the day. Still above normal!
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,521,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. That smashes the old daily record by 400,000 sq km
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,335,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

MASIE July 4 2014 – Minor Slowdown in Melting

Published on July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

July 4 2014 MASIE Update – A slight slowdown in melting. Melting has averaged 140,000 per day until the last one day where it dropped only -44,567.

Data here.

Region	Start	End	Last96	Last28	Last14	Last7	Last3	Last1
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	374,110	-1,314,421	-649,876	-504,975	-347,918	-150,230	-19,307
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	725,620	-535,283	-443,786	-393,638	-174,184	-73,497	-22,981
Laptev Sea	897,845	525,551	-372,293	-202,061	-188,021	-114,167	-72,377	-13,401
Kara Sea	933,859	751,891	-181,968	-113,769	-110,484	-108,443	-26,822	-4,753
Greenland Sea	603,416	507,144	-96,272	-121,684	-183,385	-61,245	-15,066	20,783
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	889,555	-180,890	-154,307	-125,584	-58,099	-22,466	-5,290
Barents Sea	645,917	140,479	-505,438	-198,142	-125,487	-53,352	-38,823	1,232
Chukchi Sea	966,006	735,456	-230,550	-134,015	-82,018	-25,598	-14,681	-5,727
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,013,997	-73,140	-17,038	-28,711	-17,692	-5,760	5,068
Bering Sea	697,324	12,503	-684,821	-93,898	-33,054	-11,484	-4,953	1,189
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	746,562	-106,652	-54,838	-35,636	-9,920	-1,627	-704
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,229,505	7,583	-11,097	-12,790	-8,865	-3,150	-819
Baltic Sea	15,337	0	-15,337	0	0	0	0	0
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	0	-853,240	-65,364	-14,729	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	9,653,885	-5,151,230	-2,259,503	-1,838,530	-990,983	-429,468	-44,567

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-53,105	-80,697	-131,324	-141,569	-143,156	-44,567

Sea Ice Update July 4 2014 – Antarctica Still Amazes – 2.3 million sq km Higher Than 2002

Published on July 4, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 184 of 2014

Global Sea Ice Extent is 176,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 15 for the day. And still higher than the 1981-201 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,530,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. This is 2.3 million sq km higher than the 2002 extent for the same day.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,355,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

USHCN Tmax – Hottest July Histogram – Raw vs Adjusted

Published on July 3, 2014July 3, 2014 by sunshinehours13 Comments

Yesterday I did a post looking at every station and finding out which year had the hottest July. Today I am showing you what effect the adjustments have.

I am using USHCN Final Tmax monthly data and comparing it to the raw data . From the file v2.5.0.20140627. (This is not necessarily all the data NOAA uses)

The format is a little different, but it is designed to allow easy comparison. Red is the raw data. Green is Final and muddy green is where raw and final overlap.

As you can see, the number of years near the present have a lot green. Which means the adjustments created more record hot years.

The 1910s to 1980s have red at the top which indicates raw data. Translation: More record July’s occurred in the past using raw data.

For the Coldest July data, the results are the opposite. Adjusting creates more colder July’s in the past and takes away cold July’s from the present.

Sea Ice Update July 3 2014 – The Big View

Published on July 3, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 183 of 2014

Global Sea Ice Extent is 174,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 15 for the day.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,527,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. There have been 116 daily records set in 2014.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,354,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 33 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Ocean Garbage is Missing! Only 0.7% Remains.

Published on July 3, 2014July 3, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

This is hilarious. All the greenie talking points are imploding.

“Plastic junk is floating widely on the world’s oceans, but there is significantly less of it than expected, researchers have warned.

Researchers towed a mesh net at 141 sites to monitor floating debris.

They estimate the the total amount of floating plastic debris in open ocean at 7,000 to 35,000 tons – far less than the 1 million tonnes previously estimated.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2678406/Where-plastic-trash-ocean-gone-Researchers-fear-fish-eating-floating-garbage-islands.html

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USHCN Tmax – Coldest and Hottest July Histogram Will Surprise You!

Published on July 2, 2014July 2, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

The other day I noted that NOAA had July 1936 back on top. Now don’t take this post as an endorsement of the adjustments and infilling, but I thought I would check which years did stations set their hottest July and coldest July.

I am using USHCN Final Tmax monhtly data . From the file v2.5.0.20140627. (This is not necessarily all the data NOAA uses)

I don’t think the histogram of the hottest July will actually be a surprise. 216 stations had their hottest July in 1936.

But the coldest July histogram will surprise you. 1992 and 1993 tied with 148 stations each having the coldest July. A small subset of the stations at bottom.

I just picked the top 15 stations with the coldest July in 1992 and the hottest July in 1936. There are 92. The temperatures are in Celsius.

STATE	Station	NAME	Coldest_Year	Coldest_July	Hottest_Year	Hottest_July
IA	USH00130133	ALGONA 3 W	1992	23.22	1936	35.98
IA	USH00131402	CHARLES CITY	1992	24.18	1936	34.5
IA	USH00132724	ESTHERVILLE 2 N	1992	23.06	1936	35.82
IA	USH00132977	FOREST CITY 2 NNE	1992	23.69	1936	35.72
IA	USH00132999	FORT DODGE 5NNW	1992	24.73	1936	36.1
IA	USH00134063	INDIANOLA 2W	1992	26.57	1936	37.13
IA	USH00134894	LOGAN	1992	26.56	1936	39.88
IA	USH00135952	NEW HAMPTON	1992	23.38	1936	35.31
IA	USH00137147	ROCK RAPIDS	1992	23.96	1936	37.48
IA	USH00137161	ROCKWELL CITY	1992	24.81	1936	36.69
IA	USH00137979	STORM LAKE 2 E	1992	23.85	1936	36.54
IA	USH00138296	TOLEDO 3N	1992	24.82	1936	35.34
IL	USH00115326	MARENGO	1992	24.66	1936	33.89
IL	USH00118916	WALNUT	1992	24.94	1936	36.2
IN	USH00122149	DELPHI 2 N	1992	26.5	1936	36.38

Here are a sample of 15 that have neither.

STATE	Station	NAME	Coldest_Year	Coldest_July	Hottest_Year	Hottest_July
AL	USH00011084	BREWTON 3 SSE	1989	30.77	1902	36.71
AL	USH00012813	FAIRHOPE 2 NE	1928	30.05	2000	34.93
AL	USH00013160	GAINESVILLE LOCK	1916	30.25	1952	37.26
AL	USH00013511	GREENSBORO	1967	28.49	1901	35.09
AL	USH00015749	MUSCLE SHOALS AP	1967	29.59	1930	36.57
AL	USH00017157	SAINT BERNARD	1967	27.33	1952	35.2
AL	USH00017304	SCOTTSBORO	1906	29.21	1980	35.86
AL	USH00017366	SELMA	1916	28.1	2000	36.65
AL	USH00018178	THOMASVILLE	1916	29.87	1930	36.35
AL	USH00018380	TUSCALOOSA ACFD	1889	29.5	1930	37.77
AL	USH00018469	VALLEY HEAD	1967	28.31	1930	36.48
AR	USH00031596	CONWAY	1989	27.83	1954	38.96
AR	USH00031632	CORNING	1905	29.14	1930	38.45
AR	USH00032356	EUREKA SPRINGS 3 WNW	1950	27.51	1980	38.65
AR	USH00032444	FAYETTEVILLE EXP STN	1950	27.86	1954	38.03

Sea Ice Update July 2 2014 – Antarctic Still Flying High

Published on July 2, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Many AGW true believers dismiss “Global Sea Ice” as an unimportant metric. I’m guessing that in a couple of days it will become important to them.

Global Sea Ice Extent is 164,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 15 for the day.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,550,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,386,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 33 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Sea Ice Update July 1 2014 – Arctic Mini-Bounce And Antarctic Still Flying High

Published on July 1, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

Happy Canada Day

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 181 of 2014

Global Sea Ice Extent is 279,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 11 for the day.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,575,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,296,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 33 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.