Sunshine Up in Spain From 1985 to 2010 by 3.9W/m^2

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The Hockey Schtick has found another paper showing sunshine is way up in Spain. And more sunshine means warming.

“The mean annual G series over Spain shows a tendency to increase during the 1985-2010 period, with a significant linear trend of + 3.9 Wm- 2 per decade. Similar significant increases are observed in the mean seasonal series, with the highest rate of change during summer (+ 6.5 Wm- 2 per decade) and secondly in autumn (+ 4.1 W m- 2 per decade) and spring (+ 3.2 Wm- 2 per decade). These results are in line with the widespread increase of G, also known as brightening period, reported at many worldwide observation sites.”

3.9W/m^2 is more than the effect of a doubling of CO2 (which has not happened yet)

The abstract is here.

 

I have other blog posts on the subject here.

 

 

Canada October 2012 – 15 Year Trends (A lot of cooling)

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This is a map of  Environment Canada Stations that are part of the “normals” and have 170 or more datapoints in the last 180 months (15 years) as of October 2012.

The circle size is proportion to the warming or cooling.

When some people say Canada is “warming”, I would disagree and say Western Canada is definitely cooling for 15 years and a small part of Eastern Canada clustered around the big cities and a couple of arctic stations are warming.

British Columbia October 2012 15 Year Trends Per Station

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This is a list of British Columbia, Canada Environment Canada Stations that are part of the “normals” and have 170 or more datapoints in the last 180 months (15 years).

The trend is the temperature trend over the last 15 years calculated by the R lm function.

As you know from a previous post, British Columbia is cooling over the last 15 years.

Station datapoints Trend C / Decade
ATLIN 178 -1.01
PLEASANT CAMP 175 -0.96
MICA DAM 176 -0.93
SPOKIN LAKE 4E 177 -0.81
SAANICHTON CDA 177 -0.76
DEASE LAKE 170 -0.74
MISSION WEST ABBEY 180 -0.71
PENTICTON A 175 -0.67
WILLIAMS LAKE A 180 -0.64
VANCOUVER HARBOUR CS 175 -0.64
CHILLIWACK R HATCHERY 170 -0.63
CASTLEGAR A 180 -0.63
DARFIELD 175 -0.63
QUINSAM RIVER HATCHERY 177 -0.6
NOOTKA LIGHTSTATION 177 -0.59
OLIVER STP 180 -0.58
SALMON ARM A 178 -0.58
DUNCAN LAKE DAM 174 -0.56
VICTORIA INTL A 180 -0.53
EGG ISLAND 172 -0.53
KITIMAT TOWNSITE 177 -0.53
HANEY UBC RF ADMIN 175 -0.53
FORT ST JAMES 179 -0.52
DRYAD POINT 175 -0.51
MCLEESE LAKE GRANITE MT 175 -0.51
VANDERHOOF 172 -0.5
SANDSPIT A 180 -0.48
CRANBROOK A 180 -0.48
ALBERNI ROBERTSON CREEK 173 -0.47
STUIE TWEEDSMUIR LODGE 177 -0.47
SALTSPRING ST MARYS L 173 -0.46
BONILLA ISLAND 172 -0.46
TERRACE PCC 172 -0.44
SHAWNIGAN LAKE 177 -0.43
ADDENBROKE ISLAND 175 -0.43
ABBOTSFORD A 176 -0.42
WINFIELD 177 -0.42
PORT HARDY A 180 -0.41
GREEN ISLAND 174 -0.41
MACKENZIE A 174 -0.41
COMOX A 180 -0.4
MERRITT STP 176 -0.4
KAMLOOPS A 180 -0.4
CHATHAM POINT 174 -0.39
TERRACE A 180 -0.37
FERNIE 172 -0.37
PORT RENFREW 173 -0.35
VANCOUVER INTL A 180 -0.35
FORT ST JOHN A 180 -0.35
FORT NELSON A 180 -0.33
SMITHERS A 180 -0.32
GIBSONS GOWER POINT 173 -0.27
AGASSIZ CDA 171 -0.27
BURNABY SIMON FRASER U 176 -0.27
PEACHLAND 177 -0.27
GERMANSEN LANDING 180 -0.26
PRINCE GEORGE STP 177 -0.25
BELLA COOLA A 174 -0.24
QUALICUM R FISH RESEARCH 176 -0.17
CAPE BEALE LIGHT 174 -0.16
PORT ALICE 175 -0.13
BOAT BLUFF 175 -0.05
PACHENA POINT 172 0.06

This is a list of Stations with less than 170 datapoints.

Station datapoints Trend C / per decade
ALERT BAY 2 -156.63
BAMFIELD EAST 14 -28.95
UPPER CAMPBELL LAKE 7 -16.3
AMPHITRITE POINT 22 -15.45
TLELL 14 -13.83
100 MILE HOUSE 22 -12.22
TAHTSA LAKE WEST 31 -11.5
COWICHAN LAKE VILLAGE 26 -9.23
KILDALA 34 -8.15
LILLOOET SETON BCHPA 42 -7.63
KELOWNA EAST 36 -7.49
WILLIAMS LAKE RIVER 56 -5.35
KOOTENAY NP KTNY CRSG 59 -5.14
SALTSPRING IS CUSHEON LK 39 -5.13
SURREY NEWTON 34 -4.7
KEREMEOS 2 33 -4.33
WHITE ROCK STP 48 -4.25
SPENCES BRIDGE NICOLA 54 -4.25
BULLMOOSE 65 -3.54
CRANBROOK CITY 62 -3.32
VICTORIA PHYLLIS STREET 46 -3.1
BELLA COOLA 59 -2.4
GOLDSTREAM RIVER 158 -2.35
WARFIELD 60 -2.15
PRINCE GEORGE 15NW 80 -1.96
MAYNE ISLAND 62 -1.95
KELOWNA PC BURNETTS NURS 65 -1.54
FORDING RIVER COMINCO 160 -1.36
PINE PASS MT LEMORAY 80 -1.16
MUNCHO LAKE 144 -1.13
BUGABOO CREEK LODGE 27 -1.12
OCHILTREE MIOCENE 71 -1.1
N VANC GROUSE MTN RESORT 150 -1.09
JOE RICH CREEK 118 -1.08
PUNTCHESAKUT LAKE 116 -1.01
HIXON 160 -0.98
BEAVERDELL NORTH 81 -0.97
QUATSINO 165 -0.86
PORT MOODY GLENAYRE 137 -0.86
SARDIS 127 -0.86
CARIBOO LODGE 130 -0.86
PRINCE GEORGE A 144 -0.85
WESTWOLD 139 -0.84
KELOWNA A 89 -0.83
SOUTH SLOCAN 129 -0.82
PRINCETON A 164 -0.75
OLIVER 129 -0.73
RICHMOND NATURE PARK 162 -0.72
LAIDLAW 161 -0.7
LUNCH LAKE 142 -0.69
WASA 165 -0.69
FAUQUIER 140 -0.68
BARKERVILLE 126 -0.66
N VAN SEYMOUR HATCHERY 165 -0.65
DAWSON CREEK A 142 -0.65
WHISTLER 164 -0.64
SUSKWA VALLEY 132 -0.63
GOLDEN A 165 -0.63
MCLEESE LAKE FRASERVIEW 137 -0.6
STEWART A 149 -0.59
GRAND FORKS 120 -0.59
GLACIER NP MT FIDELITY 123 -0.59
OSOYOOS WEST 140 -0.58
ESTEVAN POINT 167 -0.57
WILLIAM HEAD 163 -0.54
NEW DENVER 149 -0.53
COWICHAN LAKE FORESTRY 125 -0.51
POWELL RIVER A 164 -0.51
NASS CAMP 155 -0.51
LANGARA 167 -0.5
BRIDGE LAKE 2 150 -0.48
GLACIER NP ROGERS PASS 126 -0.48
VERNON BELLA VISTA 122 -0.47
BLUE RIVER A 163 -0.46
KASLO 157 -0.45
KOOTENAY NP WEST GATE 136 -0.45
FT STEELE DANDY CRK 160 -0.44
MCINNES ISLAND 158 -0.42
CASTLEGAR BCHPA DAM 132 -0.42
KITIMAT 2 127 -0.4
SEWALL MASSET INLET 109 -0.39
TWAN CREEK 87 -0.38
LAKE COWICHAN 147 -0.38
CRESTON 142 -0.37
MALIBU JERVIS INLET 169 -0.36
CRESTON WPCC 103 -0.36
LITTLE QUALICUM HATCHERY 157 -0.34
CHILLIWACK 159 -0.34
VAVENBY 169 -0.34
SPARWOOD 161 -0.32
NANAIMO A 168 -0.29
BABINE LAKE PINKUT CREEK 118 -0.29
TOPLEY LANDING 138 -0.26
WISTARIA 82 -0.24
OOTSA L SKINS L SPILLWAY 127 -0.23
SQUAMISH UPPER 136 -0.23
CAMPBELL RIVER A 165 -0.22
GOLD RIVER TOWNSITE 142 -0.22
CAPE SCOTT 117 -0.21
FRASER LAKE NORTH SHORE 147 -0.21
HOPE SLIDE 164 -0.2
SHALALTH 73 -0.19
QUESNEL A 112 -0.15
NITINAT RIVER HATCHERY 152 -0.14
TOFINO A 164 -0.12
HIGHLAND VALLEY LORNEX 165 -0.12
KLEENA KLEENE 2 106 -0.11
KEMANO 125 -0.09
MERRY ISLAND LIGHTSTATIO 165 -0.05
CAPE MUDGE 161 -0.03
SURREY MUNICIPAL HALL 83 0.01
HANEY EAST 101 0.03
MUD BAY 122 0.04
POWELL RIVER 107 0.04
QUATSINO LIGHTSTATION 159 0.07
GABRIOLA ISLAND 121 0.13
CHETWYND A 162 0.15
PITT POLDER 106 0.2
MARYSVILLE 118 0.21
HEDLEY 88 0.24
COOMBS 145 0.26
TATLAYOKO LAKE 76 0.3
WARDNER KTNY HATCHERY 155 0.39
VICTORIA GONZALES HTS 82 0.48
NARAMATA 76 0.5
PRINCE RUPERT A 101 0.63
OYSTER RIVER UBC 98 0.82
BIG CREEK 6 7.13
LUMBY SIGALET RD 16 7.82
PALLANT CREEK 9 9.04
REVELSTOKE AIRPORT RD 4 62.57
HARTLEY BAY 1 NA

Slaughtering Old Trees in Germany to Burn Coal And Close Down Nukes

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In order to ensure the lights don’t go out after Germany’s latest stupid energy decision to shut down its nuclear power plants, they are slaughtering 12,000 year old Oaks to dig up up the dirtiest coal – Brown Coal.

Critics of the German government’s energy policy say it is unacceptable to raise C02 emissions by relying on coal as the country moves to switch off all its nuclear power plants by 2022. In order to extract the brown coal from the ground this winter, RWE will cut down 3,900 hectares of the 12,000-year-old oak and hornbeam Hambach forest, leaving just 300 hectares in tact.

Read about it here.

Previous tree slaughtering documented here.

BC Canada Oct 2012 – Cooling -.499C per decade last 15 years

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Using temperature stations designated as part of the “Normals” used by Environment Canada, BC is cooling at -.499C/decade for the last 15 years.

Also, if you use the same data and calculate 5 year trends working backwards from Oct 2012, BC is now 0C  which is colder than the last 4 5 year periods. The last time it was colder was 1983 – 1987.

5 year periods around 1960, 1940 and 1925 were warmer than the last 5 years.

Notice how few really cold months there have been recently compared to the past. Is that correct? Or is it part of the process. Or UHI?

October 2012 Precipitation NOAA

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No state broke a record for driest October in 2012 according to the NOAA.

Texas came closest to a record with its 9th driest October at .83 inches. It will be hard to break the 1952 record of .02 inches.

New Mexico had very little rain during its 14th driest October. The record from 1952 was 0 so it can only be tied.

Delaware did break a record for wettest October ever.

15 states have 1952 as the driest October,  12 have 1963 and 6 are from 1924.

A rank of 1 = driest. A rank of 118 = wettest.

State Oct_2012 Oct_ranked Driest Lowest_Rainfall Wettest Highest_Rainfall
Texas 0.83 9 1952 0.02 1919 6.99
New Mexico 0.31 14 1952 0 1972 3.64
Oklahoma 1.28 20 1952 0.14 1941 11.32
Colorado 0.67 23 1952 0.07 1969 3.33
Arizona 0.31 25 1952 0 1972 5.19
Kansas 1.25 33 1952 0.02 1941 5.94
Nebraska 0.86 33 1933 0.07 2008 4.5
Louisiana 1.83 36 1952 0.03 2009 13.59
South Carolina 1.7 38 2000 0.01 1990 11.45
Georgia 1.89 43 1963 0.08 1994 8.24
South Dakota 0.9 43 1952 0.02 1998 5.42
California 0.75 47 1995 0.04 1962 4.44
Wyoming 0.87 49 1952 0.13 1998 2.47
Florida 3.24 51 2010 0.47 1924 9.56
Utah 0.85 51 1952 0 1972 3.4
Nevada 0.59 60 1952 0.01 2004 2.16
Missouri 3.16 61 1964 0.47 1941 10.47
Minnesota 1.88 62 1952 0.15 1971 5.76
Arkansas 3.33 63 1963 0.12 2009 14.36
North Carolina 3.53 69 2000 0.1 1971 8.57
Alabama 3.01 70 1963 0.04 1995 9.4
Connecticut 4.24 77 1924 0.36 2005 15.69
Iowa 2.94 78 1952 0.02 2009 6.36
Kentucky 3.19 79 1963 0.16 1919 7.43
Mississippi 3.56 79 1963 0.07 2009 9.84
Rhode Island 4.75 91 1946 0.35 2005 14.63
Idaho 2.02 92 1978 0.08 1975 3.01
Massachusetts 5.17 92 1924 0.27 2005 14.25
Indiana 4 93 1908 0.35 1919 8.51
Illinois 3.94 95 1964 0.2 1941 9.23
Tennessee 4.03 95 1963 0.03 1919 7.46
Virginia 4.32 96 2000 0.09 1976 8.69
New York 4.88 99 1963 0.33 2005 8.39
Vermont 5.12 101 1963 0.52 2005 9.57
West Virginia 4.48 101 1963 0.23 1925 7.33
Wisconsin 3.85 102 1952 0.17 1900 6
New Hampshire 5.43 105 1924 0.31 2005 13.81
North Dakota 1.96 105 1952 0.1 1982 4.71
Oregon 3.25 105 1895 0.05 1950 6.45
Montana 1.58 106 1987 0.08 1946 2.34
Pennsylvania 5.32 107 1963 0.24 1976 6.59
New Jersey 6.79 109 1924 0.32 2005 11.98
Ohio 4.56 109 1924 0.25 1919 6.34
Michigan 4.79 112 1924 0.48 1954 5.73
Washington 6.04 112 1987 0.23 1947 7.82
Maine 6.65 114 1947 0.36 2005 11.39
Maryland 7.68 116 1963 0.16 1976 8.05
Delaware 8.89 118 1963 0.14 2012 8.89

NOAA October 2012 – So Many States Were Really Cold!

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Boy was it cold in October in the middle of the USA.

This is the list of the 48 CONUS by rank.

Arkansas had the 16th coldest October since 1895. It was 9.9F colder than the warmest October in 1963.

North Dakota was 13.8F colder than the record warmest October – 1963.

14 states warmest October was 1963 and 11 were 1919 and 10 were 1947.

State Oct_2012 Oct Rank Warmest Oct Year Warmest Oct Temp F
Arkansas 58.9 16 1963 68.8
Nebraska 47.6 17 1963 59.8
Mississippi 61.5 18 1919 72.7
Missouri 54.2 18 1963 66.7
Kansas 53.7 20 1963 65.8
Iowa 48.4 21 1963 61.9
Tennessee 56.5 21 1919 67.3
Illinois 52.2 22 1963 64.1
North Dakota 41 23 1963 54.8
Kentucky 54.8 24 1919 64.7
Louisiana 65.5 24 1919 75.2
Oklahoma 59.5 24 1963 69.9
South Dakota 45.7 26 1963 57.5
Indiana 52.2 28 1947 61.8
Montana 42 28 1963 50.6
Wisconsin 45.1 28 1963 57
Minnesota 43.1 29 1963 56
Alabama 62.4 34 1919 74
Ohio 52.1 40 1947 60.4
Wyoming 42.5 42 1963 50.5
Colorado 46.4 45 1963 53.4
Idaho 45 45 1988 52.4
West Virginia 52.7 45 1919 61.2
Texas 65.7 47 1947 71.7
Michigan 47.5 48 1947 56.7
Oregon 49 52 1988 55.6
North Carolina 59.6 54 1919 68.9
Washington 48.5 55 1901 53.9
Virginia 56.6 60 1919 64.7
South Carolina 63.4 61 1919 73.6
Georgia 64.7 66 1919 74.5
Florida 73.3 74 1919 78.5
Pennsylvania 52.3 74 1947 57.8
Maryland 57 76 2007 62.5
New Mexico 55.3 82 1950 60.8
Utah 51.1 91 1988 55.5
New York 50.7 94 1947 55.8
New Jersey 56.8 96 2007 62
Nevada 52.9 97 1988 56.9
Arizona 63.8 98 2003 67.7
California 63.3 98 2003 66.3
Connecticut 54.1 101 1913 59.1
Maine 48 101 1913 57.7
Massachusetts 53.4 102 1947 57.1
Delaware 60.2 105 2007 64.2
New Hampshire 49.9 105 1947 53.6
Vermont 49.4 105 1947 52.9
Rhode Island 55.8 107 1947 58.4