According to the NOAA, December 2013 was only the 21st warmest out of 119. That means 98 Decembers (out of 119) were warmer.
The 5 warmest Decembers were 1939, 1957, 1933, 1941 and 1946.
OMG. 2.04°F Below Normal. We are all going to freeze to death if this keeps happening.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent on day 14 was only 9370 sq km below the record set in 2008.
Currently extent is 1.47 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Thats 28% higher.
Extent is also more than TWO Standard Deviations above the mean. And has been since Dec 26th. 190 days in 2013 were over TWO standard deviations above the mean.
Data is here. Click for bigger.
“Ottawa’s Wild Bird Care Centre has put the call out for incandescent light bulbs, which it uses to provide warmth for injured and recovering birds, after the federal government banned manufacturers from making the bulbs.
In Canada, the more energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs are considered the norm. The incandescent light bulbs use more power, but they are also warmer and serve an important role inside incubators.
“As the light bulb is on, it will obviously warm things up and then the setting will turn it off to keep the right temperature,” explained Mireille Goguen, who works at the centre.”
SAVE THE BABY BIRDS!!!
Call the Prime Minister of Canada.
613-992-4211
403-253-7990
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Is So High It May Set A Record For Highest Minimum of All Time
The Extent for day 10 is 1.48 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. And only 220,000 sq km below 2008.
The highest minimum was in 2008. Sea Ice only fell to 3.69 million sq km on day 51.
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It appears “Global Warming” can make ice freeze early too. Ha!
(NEW YORK) — In the midst of record-breaking bitter cold, the U.S. Coast Guard has been relentlessly fighting against ice buildup in the Great Lakes region in an effort to keep important shipping channels open.
“The Coast Guard said it was the earliest the ice had frozen here since the 1930s, and the river connecting Lakes Superior and Huron has been some of the toughest ice they have seen. With cutting through ice, the noise is loud and constant.”
http://www.wwgp1050.com/2014/01/07/us-coast-guard-battles-ice-to-keep-shipping-channels-open/
“Authorities reported at least 21 cold-related deaths across the country since Sunday, including seven in Illinois and six in Indiana. At least five people died after collapsing while shoveling snow, while several victims were identified as homeless people who either refused shelter or didn’t make it to a warm haven soon enough.
In Missouri on Monday, a 1-year-old boy was killed when the car he was riding in struck a snow plow, and a 20-year-old woman was killed in a separate crash after her car slid on ice and into the path of a tractor-trailer.
In a phenomenon that forecasters said is actually not all that unusual, all 50 states saw freezing temperatures at some point Tuesday. That included Hawaii, where it was 18 degrees atop Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano.”
So far in 2014, Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1.15 million sq km above 2013 and 1.54 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
More remarkably it is only 400,000 sq km below the extraordinary high extent that occurred at a similar period in 2008.
Extent has been more than two standard deviations above the mean since Dec 26 2013 and one standard deviation above the mean since May 29 2013.
“When they’ve got scientific evidence on their side, green campaigners spew hate speech about the evil science deniers on the other side. But the moment a scientific consensus attacks some cherished green myth (organic good, GMO bad, for example), they spew hate speech against scientists as corporate shills.”
Yup. Ever try and argue with a greenie that banning DDT killed millions? They get ugly really quick.
From 1895 to 1998 the Contiguous USA warmed at a very small rate of .78F per century. The NOAA graph is here.
The interesting thing is that 34% of the warming occurred in the month of February. January even had a slight cooling trend.
From 1998 to 2013, the USA cooled at a rate of -3.33F per century. February was responsible for 66% of the cooling.
Any ideas? Is it an NOAA artifact or something else? It seems strange that CO2 would prefer February for 100 years and then forsake it. 🙂
Graphs for each month/period below. (The percentages do not add up properly because some months were going in opposite direction of overall trend, but they give an idea of the magnitude)
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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is off to a pretty amazing start. 1.58 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 23% above normal.
Note quite as amazing as 2008 though. Remember, all the years from 1979 on are on the graph below. 2014 and 2008 are pretty far out there.
Click to enlarge. Data here.
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