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NOAA Temperature Trends Per State as low as -249.5F / decade

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Using data as of Aug 2012, these are the NOAA temperature trends (in Fahrenheit per decade) 6 months ago to present, one year to present etc. (Of course the NOAA data may be heavily adjusted upwards)

Notice the 6 month trends for most states are amazingly low such as Iowa’s -249.5F / decade, which of course was caused by the very unusual warmth in March 2012.

But if you look all the way to the right at the 15 year trends, even with March 2012 being so warm, there are still 20 states with a negative trend.

And then looking at the 6 month trends that are hugely positive like Washington and Oregon caused by a very warm August.

State 6 months 1 Year 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Alabama -190.9 15.9 13.6 14 8.1 3.5 2.2 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.6 1 0.5 0 0.1
Arizona 2.1 17 5.9 7.1 1 0.9 0.2 -1.1 -0.3 -0.8 -0.9 -1.2 -0.7 -1.1 -0.8 -0.2
Arkansas -182 32.1 19.5 18.8 13.6 7.6 4.8 1.8 0.7 1 1.4 1.2 1.3 0.6 0.1 0
California 34 -2 5.5 4.1 -0.4 0.7 0 0 0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 -0.2 -0.6 0.1 0.4
Colorado -83.7 40.3 14.2 17.1 6.7 6.1 4.3 1 0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 -0.7 -0.8 -0.3
Connecticut -120.9 -28.3 24.3 11 12.5 7 5 2.6 2.6 2.6 3 1.3 1.5 1.2 0.7 0.4
Delaware -97.3 -6.7 20.5 13.9 12.3 6.2 4.8 2.6 3.1 3 3.5 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.3 1
Florida -118.9 2.8 16.3 10.4 6.3 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.2
Georgia -189.5 7 16.5 13.5 8.3 3.6 2.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.5 0 -0.1
Idaho 25.2 1.5 10.4 5.4 1.9 3.3 0 -0.3 -0.5 -1 -1.7 -1.1 -0.5 -1 -0.8 -0.8
Illinois -214.5 22.9 33.4 18.2 15.3 9.7 5.6 2.1 0.7 1 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.2 0
Indiana -218.9 17 30.9 16.6 13.6 8.1 5 2.2 1.2 1.3 1.9 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.3 0
Iowa -249.5 18.7 38.6 22.8 17.1 12.2 6.2 1.6 -0.1 0.5 0.9 -0.1 0.7 0 -0.5 -0.6
Kansas -206.7 44.6 25.6 24.4 14.2 9.4 6.1 1.4 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.6 -0.1 -0.5 -0.3
Kentucky -200.4 16.5 24.1 14.8 10.7 5.4 3.2 1.5 0.4 0.6 1 0.3 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.2
Louisiana -176.8 10.5 9.8 14.7 7.8 3 2.8 0.8 0.1 0.6 1 0.9 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.1
Maine -80.8 -26.3 15.4 2.5 10.1 8 6.1 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.8 2.3 2.2 1.7 1 0.8
Maryland -131.1 -5.6 20.9 11.6 11.1 5.7 4.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.5 1.1 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.5
Massachusetts -111.6 -20.1 25.4 9.9 11 6.6 4.4 2.2 2.5 2.6 3.1 1.4 1.4 1 0.5 0.2
Michigan -182.2 5.5 33.1 9.5 14.2 8.9 5.3 1.7 1.2 1.8 2.5 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.1 -0.2
Minnesota -224.2 -19.1 42.1 13.9 17.3 13.1 6.5 1.3 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.6 1.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.7
Mississippi -201.5 19.3 11.9 13.6 7.9 3.2 2.3 0.6 0.2 0.9 1.2 1 1.4 0.8 0.1 0.1
Missouri -205 36.6 32.5 22.3 15.4 9.9 5.4 1.7 0.6 1.1 1.6 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.1
Montana -78.6 -21.1 31.2 15.7 10.2 5.7 1.2 -1.6 -1.7 -0.9 -1.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 -0.9 -1
Nebraska -207.4 40.6 34.3 24.7 14.6 9.6 5.3 0.4 -0.8 -0.3 -0.1 -0.7 0 -0.7 -1 -0.8
Nevada 17.9 8 9.8 9 1.9 2.7 0.5 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 -1 -1 -0.7 -1.1 -0.6 -0.2
New Hampshire -123.3 -25.9 23.6 9.9 12.3 8.1 5.9 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.1 1.5 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.4
New Jersey -130.1 -18.5 20.4 9.5 10.2 4.9 3.8 1.7 2.1 2.3 3.3 1.7 2.1 1.8 1.3 0.9
New Mexico -28.8 27 1.6 11.7 4.8 3.7 4.3 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.3 0.1
New York -150.9 -20.8 27.6 10.9 12.1 6.9 5.4 2.6 2.4 2.7 3.2 1.5 1.7 1.3 0.8 0.4
North Carolina -152.1 -6 16.2 11.2 8 2.5 1.8 0.8 1 1 1.2 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.2
North Dakota -215.3 -36.3 47.1 18.1 19.4 11.1 5.1 -0.7 -1.4 0.2 0.5 0 0.6 -0.4 -0.6 -1
Ohio -180.5 8 30.5 15.3 12.5 6.8 4.6 2.3 1.8 2 2.3 1 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.1
Oklahoma -163.8 36.2 17.3 22.6 13.6 8.3 6.5 2.1 1.6 1.8 2 1.7 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.2
Oregon 43.8 -17.7 3.3 1.4 -0.9 1.5 -0.7 -0.8 -1.2 -1.8 -2 -1.6 -0.9 -1.1 -0.6 -0.7
Pennsylvania -141.4 -4 28 13 12.2 6.3 4.6 2.2 1.8 1.9 2.4 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.3 0
Rhode Island -146.2 -16.8 26 10.3 11 6.3 4.2 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.9 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.2
South Carolina -185.4 -4.5 13.6 12 8.1 2.6 1.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.3
South Dakota -214 9.1 47.9 24.8 17.9 10.6 5 -0.5 -1.8 -0.9 -0.6 -1 0 -0.7 -1.1 -1
Tennessee -201.5 18.1 19.4 14.5 10 4.3 2.4 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.5 0 0
Texas -103.9 16.4 6.5 18.8 8.6 4.1 4.8 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.3 0.5 0 0
Utah -27 19.4 14.5 13.6 4.2 4.2 1.7 0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -1.2 -0.9 -0.6
Vermont -120.1 -21.2 27.2 9.1 11.1 7 5.5 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.6 2 2.1 1.8 1.2 0.8
Virginia -140.4 -1.8 18.1 12.1 9.7 3.8 2.8 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.8 0.9 1.5 1.1 0.7 0.6
Washington 57.5 -14.4 2.7 -4.2 -1.4 0.9 -0.6 -1.3 -2.2 -2.6 -2.7 -2.1 -1.2 -1.1 -1 -1.2
West Virginia -165.7 2.1 23.8 14 10 4.3 3 1.4 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.2
Wisconsin -211.8 6.2 37.9 11.8 15.8 11.6 6.2 1.9 0.7 1.4 1.9 0.7 1 0.5 -0.1 -0.6
Wyoming -84.1 29.9 22.1 17.1 8.1 6.7 2.6 0 -0.5 0 -0.2 0.1 0.7 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2

1934 as Art (NOAA data)

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Here is 1934 graphed using data from NOAA (continental 48 states). One line per state. Each months anomaly from the 1895 – 2012 average for each state. Click on it for a larger version.

Notice how each month there are dozens of states temperature moving in the same direction, but there are large numbers of states going in the opposite direction.

Notice how one month into 1934, half the states were -10 to -14F colder than the long term average and others were over 5F above normal.

USA States Months Ranked 10th Coldest or Colder Occuring This Century

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Using data up to Aug 2012 from the NOAA, these are the months ranked in the coldest 10 for a state that occurred this supposedly warm century (2000 – Aug 2012).

If Rank = 1,  it is the coldest. The Anomaly is the difference from the 1981 to 2010 30 year average.

For example, Nov 2000 was the coldest November in Arizona as long as NOAA has put out data (since 1895). The average temp was 44.2 which was -6.5F colder than the 30 year average.

At the bottom is a list of anomalies -10F or colder that occurred since 2000.

Amazingly, North Dakota 2002 Mar had an -11.1F anomaly and it was only ranked as the 9th coldest March with an average temperature of 16.2F. Brrr.

State Year Month Average F Anomaly F Rank
Alabama 2000 Dec 39.1 -7.6 3
Alabama 2004 Aug 76.4 -3.1 3
Alabama 2010 Feb 40.1 -8.3 6
Alabama 2010 Dec 40.2 -6.5 5
Arizona 2000 Nov 44.2 -6.5 1
Arkansas 2000 Dec 31.6 -9.9 2
Arkansas 2003 Jun 73.4 -3.3 7
Arkansas 2004 Jul 77.9 -2.5 10
Arkansas 2004 Aug 75.3 -4.5 4
Arkansas 2006 Sep 69.2 -3.1 7
Arkansas 2007 Apr 57.3 -3.4 10
Arkansas 2007 Jul 77.6 -2.8 6
Arkansas 2009 Jul 77.6 -2.8 7
Arkansas 2009 Oct 56.4 -4.9 4
Arkansas 2010 Feb 35.8 -8.1 7
California 2000 Nov 47.4 -4.3 3
California 2003 Apr 52.3 -4.5 9
California 2006 Mar 46 -6.5 2
Colorado 2000 Nov 27.7 -7.1 5
Colorado 2006 Sep 54.1 -4.1 5
Colorado 2007 Jan 18.3 -6.8 8
Colorado 2009 Oct 41 -5.6 2
Connecticut 2000 Jul 67.8 -4 5
Connecticut 2004 Jan 18.7 -7.6 10
Connecticut 2005 May 53.2 -4.5 4
Connecticut 2009 Jul 68.2 -3.6 6
Delaware 2000 Jul 73.2 -3.8 3
Delaware 2001 Jul 73.1 -3.9 2
Delaware 2003 May 58.5 -4.5 6
Delaware 2005 May 58.2 -4.8 5
Florida 2001 Sep 77.6 -1.9 7
Florida 2003 Jan 52.4 -5.3 6
Florida 2005 Apr 66.6 -2.7 6
Florida 2008 Nov 61.4 -4.6 9
Florida 2010 Jan 52.4 -5.3 7
Florida 2010 Feb 52.3 -8.2 4
Florida 2010 Mar 58.7 -6.1 4
Florida 2010 Dec 50 -9.9 1
Georgia 2000 Sep 72.2 -1.8 9
Georgia 2000 Dec 40.4 -7.4 4
Georgia 2001 Sep 71.8 -2.2 4
Georgia 2005 May 68 -2.7 7
Georgia 2008 Nov 51.5 -4.3 9
Georgia 2010 Feb 41.5 -8 6
Georgia 2010 Mar 51.4 -4.8 10
Georgia 2010 Dec 39.5 -8.3 1
Idaho 2000 Nov 27.3 -6 4
Idaho 2002 Oct 42.2 -3.3 10
Idaho 2008 Apr 38.3 -5.6 7
Idaho 2009 Oct 41.1 -4.4 7
Idaho 2010 May 46.8 -5.2 4
Illinois 2000 Dec 17.6 -12.3 2
Illinois 2003 Jun 67.8 -4 10
Illinois 2004 Aug 68.5 -5 4
Illinois 2009 Jul 70.2 -5.1 1
Illinois 2009 Oct 49.6 -4.5 7
Indiana 2000 Jul 71.8 -2.4 10
Indiana 2000 Dec 19.3 -11.8 2
Indiana 2004 Aug 68.6 -4.1 4
Indiana 2006 Sep 62.4 -3.1 10
Indiana 2007 Feb 20.4 -10.9 5
Indiana 2007 Jul 71.7 -2.5 9
Indiana 2009 Jul 69 -5.2 1
Indiana 2009 Oct 50.3 -3.6 10
Iowa 2000 Dec 10 -13.1 2
Iowa 2002 Oct 45.8 -4.8 6
Iowa 2004 Aug 66.2 -5.2 3
Iowa 2009 Jul 68 -5.6 1
Iowa 2009 Oct 44.4 -6.2 3
Kansas 2000 Nov 36.8 -6.1 5
Kansas 2000 Dec 24.3 -7.7 5
Kansas 2002 Oct 50.3 -5.5 4
Kansas 2004 Jul 75 -3.7 7
Kansas 2004 Aug 72.3 -4.8 6
Kansas 2006 Sep 63.9 -4.1 5
Kansas 2009 Oct 48.2 -7.6 2
Kentucky 2000 Dec 26.9 -10 4
Kentucky 2003 Jun 69 -3.8 7
Kentucky 2004 Aug 71.2 -4.1 6
Kentucky 2006 Sep 64.6 -3.6 7
Kentucky 2009 Jul 71.7 -4.6 2
Kentucky 2009 Oct 53.4 -3.6 10
Kentucky 2010 Dec 28.6 -8.3 5
Louisiana 2000 Dec 43.8 -7.2 3
Louisiana 2004 Aug 79.6 -2.5 6
Louisiana 2007 Jul 80.2 -2 8
Louisiana 2010 Feb 44.4 -8.5 5
Maine 2000 Jul 63 -3 5
Maine 2002 Oct 41.6 -2.7 8
Maine 2003 Apr 35.7 -4 8
Maine 2004 Jan 6.6 -7.3 4
Maine 2004 Jun 57.4 -3.4 7
Maine 2005 May 46.9 -4.3 7
Maine 2008 Mar 22.6 -4.2 10
Maine 2009 Jan 7.5 -6.4 8
Maine 2009 Jul 63.2 -2.8 7
Maine 2009 Oct 40.9 -3.4 4
Maryland 2000 Jul 71.7 -4.2 2
Maryland 2000 Dec 28.7 -7.9 7
Maryland 2001 Jul 71.9 -4 4
Maryland 2005 May 58.2 -4.3 7
Maryland 2009 Jul 72.7 -3.2 9
Massachusetts 2000 Jul 67.3 -3.2 6
Massachusetts 2001 Jul 67.6 -2.9 9
Massachusetts 2004 Jan 17.5 -7.7 6
Massachusetts 2005 May 51.1 -5 6
Massachusetts 2009 Jul 67.3 -3.2 7
Michigan 2000 Dec 16.5 -8.8 4
Michigan 2004 Aug 63 -4 5
Michigan 2009 Jan 12.9 -7.3 10
Michigan 2009 Jul 63.2 -5.3 2
Minnesota 2000 Dec 3 -12.1 3
Minnesota 2002 Mar 18.9 -9.2 9
Minnesota 2002 May 49.8 -5.4 10
Minnesota 2002 Oct 37.5 -7.5 3
Minnesota 2004 Aug 60.8 -6.3 1
Minnesota 2009 Jul 64.3 -5 3
Minnesota 2009 Oct 39.8 -5.2 5
Mississippi 2000 Dec 38.3 -8.5 3
Mississippi 2001 Oct 60.7 -3.4 10
Mississippi 2004 Aug 76.4 -3.9 3
Mississippi 2010 Feb 40 -8.6 5
Mississippi 2010 Dec 41.8 -5 10
Missouri 2000 Dec 21.3 -11.8 2
Missouri 2003 Jun 69.1 -3.8 8
Missouri 2004 Jul 74.4 -2.9 10
Missouri 2004 Aug 70.7 -5.4 5
Missouri 2009 Jul 72.9 -4.4 4
Missouri 2009 Oct 50.5 -5.6 5
Montana 2000 Nov 22.2 -8.5 4
Montana 2002 Mar 19.9 -13.5 5
Montana 2002 Oct 37.3 -6.6 4
Montana 2003 Nov 24.2 -6.5 10
Montana 2009 Oct 37.2 -6.7 3
Montana 2009 Dec 11.6 -9.3 5
Montana 2010 May 47.9 -4.1 10
Nebraska 2000 Nov 28.3 -8.4 3
Nebraska 2000 Dec 18.5 -7.3 7
Nebraska 2002 Oct 44.1 -6 4
Nebraska 2004 Aug 68.3 -4.1 4
Nebraska 2006 Sep 58.4 -4.4 5
Nebraska 2009 Jul 70.1 -4.3 6
Nebraska 2009 Aug 69.1 -3.3 10
Nebraska 2009 Oct 41.9 -8.2 2
Nebraska 2009 Dec 18.7 -7.1 9
Nevada 2000 Nov 33.3 -5.6 3
Nevada 2009 Dec 24.7 -6.1 8
Nevada 2010 May 50 -6.5 10
New Hampshire 2000 Jul 64.3 -3.5 6
New Hampshire 2004 Jan 10.7 -7.9 8
New Hampshire 2005 May 49 -4.8 8
New Hampshire 2009 Jul 64.2 -3.6 4
New Hampshire 2009 Oct 43 -3.2 8
New Jersey 2000 Jul 70.9 -4 2
New Jersey 2001 Jul 71.3 -3.6 7
New Jersey 2003 May 56.8 -3.9 6
New Jersey 2005 May 56.5 -4.2 5
New Mexico 2000 Nov 37.1 -6.2 2
New Mexico 2006 Sep 60.9 -4.3 2
New York 2000 Jul 65.1 -3.7 2
New York 2001 Jul 66.2 -2.6 10
New York 2009 Jul 65.6 -3.2 4
North Carolina 2000 Dec 35.7 -7 6
North Carolina 2001 Jul 74.9 -2.8 5
North Carolina 2001 Sep 67.9 -2.2 10
North Carolina 2004 Aug 74.1 -2.3 9
North Carolina 2005 May 63.3 -3.1 8
North Carolina 2009 Jul 75.3 -2.4 10
North Carolina 2010 Dec 33.7 -9 3
North Dakota 2000 Dec 2.9 -11.1 7
North Dakota 2002 Mar 16.2 -11.1 9
North Dakota 2002 May 48.6 -5.4 8
North Dakota 2002 Oct 34.5 -8.7 4
North Dakota 2003 Nov 19.7 -7.7 10
North Dakota 2004 Aug 61.2 -6.3 2
North Dakota 2009 Jul 64.4 -4.6 6
North Dakota 2009 Oct 37.7 -5.5 6
Ohio 2000 Jul 70 -3 6
Ohio 2000 Dec 21.6 -10.1 4
Ohio 2007 Feb 19.4 -11.4 4
Ohio 2009 Jul 68.8 -4.2 1
Oklahoma 2000 Nov 43.2 -6.1 4
Oklahoma 2000 Dec 30.9 -8.1 4
Oklahoma 2002 Oct 56.6 -4.3 8
Oklahoma 2003 Jun 73.4 -3.1 8
Oklahoma 2003 Sep 68.8 -3.4 7
Oklahoma 2004 Jul 77.9 -3.5 6
Oklahoma 2004 Aug 75.7 -5.1 5
Oklahoma 2006 Sep 68.9 -3.3 8
Oklahoma 2007 Apr 55.2 -4 8
Oklahoma 2009 Oct 54.4 -6.5 2
Oregon 2000 Nov 34.7 -4.6 9
Oregon 2008 Apr 42.3 -4.3 7
Oregon 2009 Oct 46 -3.2 10
Oregon 2010 May 49.4 -4 10
Oregon 2011 Apr 42.2 -4.4 5
Oregon 2011 May 48.9 -4.5 7
Pennsylvania 2000 Jul 67.3 -3.5 2
Pennsylvania 2000 Dec 22.9 -7.8 5
Pennsylvania 2001 Jul 68.1 -2.7 6
Pennsylvania 2005 May 53.3 -4.5 4
Pennsylvania 2007 Feb 20 -9.1 8
Pennsylvania 2008 May 53.6 -4.2 7
Pennsylvania 2009 Jul 66.7 -4.1 1
Rhode Island 2004 Jan 20.4 -8.7 3
Rhode Island 2005 May 52.6 -4.2 6
South Carolina 2000 Dec 38.3 -7.9 4
South Carolina 2001 Sep 71 -2.1 8
South Carolina 2004 Aug 76.8 -2.3 9
South Carolina 2005 May 67 -2.8 7
South Carolina 2008 Nov 50.1 -4.3 10
South Carolina 2010 Feb 40.4 -7.3 6
South Carolina 2010 Dec 37.8 -8.4 2
South Dakota 2000 Nov 24.5 -7.9 7
South Dakota 2000 Dec 10.7 -9.8 6
South Dakota 2002 Mar 22.1 -10.9 8
South Dakota 2002 Oct 39.5 -7.7 4
South Dakota 2004 Aug 65.9 -5 3
South Dakota 2009 Jul 67.8 -4.9 6
South Dakota 2009 Oct 39.2 -8 2
Tennessee 2000 Dec 30.6 -9 4
Tennessee 2003 Jun 70.7 -3.2 7
Tennessee 2004 Aug 72.1 -4.3 3
Tennessee 2009 Jul 73.6 -3.8 3
Tennessee 2010 Feb 32.8 -8.3 9
Tennessee 2010 Dec 32.2 -7.4 5
Texas 2000 Nov 51 -5.1 6
Texas 2000 Dec 42.3 -5 6
Texas 2004 Aug 79.2 -2.9 6
Texas 2007 Apr 61.6 -3.6 8
Texas 2007 Jul 79.1 -3.3 2
Texas 2008 Sep 73 -2.7 10
Texas 2009 Dec 42.9 -4.4 9
Texas 2010 Feb 43.2 -7.3 6
Utah 2000 Nov 30.5 -6.6 2
Utah 2009 Dec 20.2 -7.1 8
Utah 2010 May 51.7 -5.1 9
Vermont 2000 Jul 63.8 -3.4 5
Vermont 2001 Jul 64.2 -3 6
Vermont 2004 Jan 7.3 -9.4 6
Vermont 2005 May 49.2 -4.2 10
Virginia 2000 Jul 72.3 -3 7
Virginia 2000 Dec 30 -7.8 4
Virginia 2001 Jul 71.9 -3.4 3
Virginia 2005 May 59.5 -3.5 7
Virginia 2009 Jul 71.9 -3.4 4
Virginia 2010 Dec 30.1 -7.7 5
Washington 2000 Nov 34.2 -4.4 6
Washington 2008 Apr 42.7 -4.9 4
Washington 2009 Oct 45.7 -2.9 6
Washington 2011 Apr 42.3 -5.3 2
West Virginia 2000 Jul 69.1 -2.9 4
West Virginia 2000 Dec 25.8 -8.2 6
West Virginia 2005 May 55.9 -4.1 8
West Virginia 2007 Feb 23.7 -10.2 4
West Virginia 2009 Jul 67.8 -4.2 1
West Virginia 2010 Dec 24.9 -9.1 4
Wisconsin 2000 Dec 9.1 -10.8 6
Wisconsin 2002 Oct 41.9 -4.6 7
Wisconsin 2004 Aug 62.1 -5.2 3
Wisconsin 2009 Jul 63.7 -5.5 2
Wisconsin 2009 Oct 41.9 -4.6 8
Wyoming 2000 Nov 19.3 -11 1
Wyoming 2002 Oct 37.7 -5.4 7
Wyoming 2009 Oct 35.7 -7.4 3
Wyoming 2009 Dec 13.6 -6.9 8
Wyoming 2010 May 45.2 -5 8
Wyoming 2011 May 45.4 -4.8 10

Anomalies since 2000 of -10 or colder.

State Year Month Average F Anomaly F Rank
Illinois 2000 Dec 17.6 -12.3 2
Indiana 2000 Dec 19.3 -11.8 2
Indiana 2007 Feb 20.4 -10.9 5
Iowa 2000 Dec 10 -13.1 2
Kentucky 2000 Dec 26.9 -10 4
Minnesota 2000 Dec 3 -12.1 3
Missouri 2000 Dec 21.3 -11.8 2
Montana 2002 Mar 19.9 -13.5 5
North Dakota 2000 Dec 2.9 -11.1 7
North Dakota 2002 Mar 16.2 -11.1 9
Ohio 2000 Dec 21.6 -10.1 4
Ohio 2007 Feb 19.4 -11.4 4
South Dakota 2002 Mar 22.1 -10.9 8
West Virginia 2007 Feb 23.7 -10.2 4
Wisconsin 2000 Dec 9.1 -10.8 6
Wyoming 2000 Nov 19.3 -11 1

Killing Sea Urchins To Make Money Carbon Trading

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A pair of biologists have a plan to make hundreds of millions of dollar trading carbon credits in Europe.

“”An alluring idea,” they write, would be to sell the carbon indirectly sequestered by the sea otter protected kelp forest “as a way to pay for their reintroduction and management or to compensate losses to shell fisheries from sea otter predation.””

“They estimate that the CO2 removed from the atmosphere via the otter-kelp link could be worth between $205 million and $408 million on the European Carbon Exchange.”

How are they going to do this? By increasing the number of sea otters so the otters eat a lot more sea urchins and therefore the sea urchins won’t eat as much kelp. Sure, otters are cute. But why are the biologists taking sides?

To make a lot of money.

Notice the loaded language in the article:

” ravenous sea urchins”

” sea urchins graze voraciously on living kelp” !!!

Living kelp? Does anyone ever attack cows for “grazing voraciously on living grass”?

You can see how climate change and carbon credits have corrupted the thinking of those poor biologists who are now choosing sides to make big money.

Giant Red Star’s in the Arctic – HADCRUT3 gridded data

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I’ve graphed HADCRUT3 before.  It shows a flat temperature trend over the last 15 years (actually a very small negative trend). So I thought I would take a look at the gridded data (HADCRUT3 Zipped Ascii) and find out which grid cells (5 x 5)  are warming and which are cooling by how much.

I’m using the R package RGoogeMaps which I’ve used before. So I started by calculating  the trend in Celsius / Decade for each grid roughly near North and South America. The code puts an asterisk * at the middle of each grid square. Red for warming and blue for cooling. And I used this formula to set the size of the asterisk:

tCex = 1 + (abs(grid$Trend[i]) * 1)

Which means each asterisk starts at 1 and then the absolute Trend is added on. So if a grid square was warming at 1C / Decade, there would be a red asterisk 2 units in size.

So thats when I saw the giant red asterisk. One of the grid squares is warming at 247C / Decade. Of course it turns out there are only two measurements in those 15 years.

The grid square is Latitude 75 to 80 and Longitude -110 to -105. Somewhere near Melville Island in the Canadian North.

Global Warming solved

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Just like Polar Bears, if you stop killing whales, they stop dying in large numbers and the damage “caused” by global warming disappears.  (h/t Tom Nelson)

But to be politically correct you still have to blame global warming.

“An institute that tracks the population of Humpback whales that reproduce along Brazil’s coast says the number of the once-threatened mammals has tripled over the last 10 years.

The Humpback Whale Institute says in a news release there are now almost 10,000 humpbacks off the Brazilian coast. In 2002, the institute counted approximately 3,000 whales.

Institute chief Milton Marcondes says the whales’ fat once was used as fuel for public lighting and in construction. Hunting was banned in 1966, when only about 1,000 whales were left.

Marcondes says restoration efforts have helped the species recover in spite of global warming, accidents with boats and fishing nets.”

Global Warming, the mass killer of whales … or was that harpoons? They both look alike … to climate scientists.