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Nanaimo Tmax from 1947 to 2015

Every once in a while I visit the data for the weather station closest to my hometown on the west coast of Canada.

Today I am looking at daily TMAX data from Nanaimo Airport (1947 – 2015).

1987 was the warmest year (1958 was 2nd warmest FYI) . 1955 was the coldest They are shown as the orange and blue lines.

Here I have graphed all the available data in the style I usually use for Sea Ice data.

2015 is in red. There are gaps because Environment Canada doesn’t seem to care.

Notice that temps can fluctuate by 20C for the same day in different years.

Ponder this … why can we humans (and crops and animals) adapt to 20C swings but we can’t adapt to a 1C change over 100 years?

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Update: I added Tmin

8th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day

55th Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.45 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

7th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

54th Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.45 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

May 24 2015 MASIE Update (Arctic Sea Ice dataset frm MASIE )

Region	63 days ago	End	Last 62	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Greenland Sea	633,474	623,435	-10,039	9,939	18,262	7,720	-43,315	-20,991
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,754,107	1,156,779	-597,328	-352,739	-84,695	-44,320	-65,310	-16,182
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,086,072	-1,065	-1,065	-1,065	-1,065	-1,065	0
Laptev Sea	897,845	876,307	-21,538	-21,414	-21,538	-21,538	-21,538	0
Kara Sea	935,023	873,717	-61,306	-57,452	-47,822	-25,956	-41,394	0
Barents Sea	596,771	410,199	-186,572	32,878	3,309	72,492	3,962	0
Central Arctic	3,247,614	3,238,792	-8,822	5,310	-8,045	1,524	0	0
Baltic Sea	9,702	0	-9,702	-8,302	-66	-66	0	0
Sea of Okhotsk	551,895	141,133	-410,762	-265,747	-86,340	-38,986	-44,623	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,008,963	-61,482	-51,817	-61,482	-24,465	-15,786	488
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	834,122	-19,092	-19,093	-19,093	222	-12,992	745
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,099,013	-161,890	-146,581	-160,366	-76,940	-40,997	1,097
Bering Sea	667,281	100,546	-566,735	-481,419	-167,721	-53,100	-49,385	2,160
Chukchi Sea	966,006	924,333	-41,673	-41,673	-40,372	-5,712	-4,642	27,764

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,534,052	12,374,938	-2,159,114	-1,399,587	-677,030	-210,094	-337,085	-4,920

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-34,272	-49,985	-48,359	-30,013	-112,362	-4,920

7th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

53rd Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.45 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

6th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

52nd Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.45 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

6th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

51st Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.5 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

May 20 2015 MASIE Update (Arctic Sea Ice dataset frm MASIE )

Two days of refreezing.

Region	59 days ago	End	Last 58	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Greenland Sea	633,474	647,406	13,932	13,001	37,857	53,989	31,691	-13,256
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,160,568	-100,335	-100,335	-76,549	-47,544	-15,385	-1,993
Sea of Okhotsk	551,895	185,756	-366,139	-350,332	-132,502	-9,640	5,637	-727
Chukchi Sea	966,006	928,975	-37,031	-37,031	-37,031	-35,375	-1,070	0
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,087,137	0	0	480	0	0	0
Laptev Sea	897,845	897,845	0	5,348	0	0	0	0
Kara Sea	935,023	915,110	-19,912	-1,756	-5,584	11,926	15,437	0
Barents Sea	596,771	406,237	-190,534	26,189	-36,561	73,221	68,530	0
Central Arctic	3,247,614	3,238,792	-8,822	7,451	-4,387	4,570	1,524	0
Bering Sea	667,281	149,931	-517,350	-512,453	-220,867	-80,209	-3,715	0
Baltic Sea	9,702	0	-9,702	-9,388	-4,407	-66	-66	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	847,114	-6,100	-6,100	-6,100	14,387	13,214	12,519
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,754,107	1,214,794	-539,313	-351,403	-131,898	15,852	13,695	15,216
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,025,061	-45,384	-45,384	-45,384	-10,254	-8,367	17,719

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,534,052	12,706,238	-1,827,814	-1,362,621	-663,360	-9,079	121,205	29,477

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-30,980	-48,665	-47,383	-1,297	40,402	29,477