NOAA August 2012 State Rankings Coldest to Warmest

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NOAA August 2012 State Rankings Coldest to Warmest

For Example, Aug 2012 averaged 78.3F In Alabama, it was the 25th warmest (which means  93 were warmer!), The warmest August in Alabama was 84.6F in 2007.

Only Nevada set a record for warmest August. The south east was awfully cold for August. Well below average. 

Alphabetical list below this one.

State Aug 2012 in F Aug Ranking Warmest Aug Warmest Aug Temp
Alabama 78.3 25 2007 84.6
Georgia 78.3 26 2007 83.2
Mississippi 79.3 28 1924 84.6
South Carolina 77.9 31 2007 83.7
Indiana 71.8 37 1947 79.4
Kentucky 74.3 40 2007 80.9
Kansas 76.2 41 1936 84.6
Tennessee 75.5 42 2007 82.6
Iowa 70.9 47 1947 79.8
North Carolina 75.7 50 1900 80.5
Minnesota 66.5 52 1900 73.3
Illinois 73.5 53 1947 81.3
Nebraska 72.6 56 1937 79.2
North Dakota 66.8 62 1983 73.6
Wisconsin 67.3 64 1947 74.1
South Dakota 70.9 65 1937 77.6
Oklahoma 81.3 66 2011 87.9
Missouri 76.4 67 1936 84
West Virginia 70.9 67 1900 75.1
Arkansas 80 69 1954 85
Louisiana 81.8 70 2011 86.8
Michigan 67.5 70 1947 73.1
Ohio 71.6 70 1947 76.7
Virginia 74.3 75 1900 78.6
Pennsylvania 70.2 80 1900 73.9
Florida 81.6 82 2011 83.6
Maryland 75 86 1900 78.4
Montana 67.2 91 2003 71.1
New York 68.7 97 1955 71.7
New Jersey 74.5 101 2005 77
Rhode Island 71.8 101 2005 74.2
Texas 83.7 101 2011 88.1
Oregon 67.6 106 1967 69.7
Colorado 67.9 107 2011 69.8
Washington 67.8 107 1967 70.1
Connecticut 72.1 108 1913 73.7
Delaware 77.1 109 1900 78.3
New Mexico 73.9 109 2011 76.3
Vermont 68.6 111 1937 70.5
Wyoming 67.6 111 2003 68.8
Arizona 80.8 112 2011 82.2
Idaho 68.5 112 2003 69.5
Massachusetts 71.6 112 1937 72.8
New Hampshire 68.8 112 1937 70.3
Maine 68 116 1937 70.1
California 77.5 117 1967 77.6
Utah 74.1 117 2007 74.2
Nevada 73.9 118 2012 73.9

Alphabetical

State Aug 2012 in F Aug Ranking Warmest Aug Warmest Aug Temp
Alabama 78.3 25 2007 84.6
Arizona 80.8 112 2011 82.2
Arkansas 80 69 1954 85
California 77.5 117 1967 77.6
Colorado 67.9 107 2011 69.8
Connecticut 72.1 108 1913 73.7
Delaware 77.1 109 1900 78.3
Florida 81.6 82 2011 83.6
Georgia 78.3 26 2007 83.2
Idaho 68.5 112 2003 69.5
Illinois 73.5 53 1947 81.3
Indiana 71.8 37 1947 79.4
Iowa 70.9 47 1947 79.8
Kansas 76.2 41 1936 84.6
Kentucky 74.3 40 2007 80.9
Louisiana 81.8 70 2011 86.8
Maine 68 116 1937 70.1
Maryland 75 86 1900 78.4
Massachusetts 71.6 112 1937 72.8
Michigan 67.5 70 1947 73.1
Minnesota 66.5 52 1900 73.3
Mississippi 79.3 28 1924 84.6
Missouri 76.4 67 1936 84
Montana 67.2 91 2003 71.1
Nebraska 72.6 56 1937 79.2
Nevada 73.9 118 2012 73.9
New Hampshire 68.8 112 1937 70.3
New Jersey 74.5 101 2005 77
New Mexico 73.9 109 2011 76.3
New York 68.7 97 1955 71.7
North Carolina 75.7 50 1900 80.5
North Dakota 66.8 62 1983 73.6
Ohio 71.6 70 1947 76.7
Oklahoma 81.3 66 2011 87.9
Oregon 67.6 106 1967 69.7
Pennsylvania 70.2 80 1900 73.9
Rhode Island 71.8 101 2005 74.2
South Carolina 77.9 31 2007 83.7
South Dakota 70.9 65 1937 77.6
Tennessee 75.5 42 2007 82.6
Texas 83.7 101 2011 88.1
Utah 74.1 117 2007 74.2
Vermont 68.6 111 1937 70.5
Virginia 74.3 75 1900 78.6
Washington 67.8 107 1967 70.1
West Virginia 70.9 67 1900 75.1
Wisconsin 67.3 64 1947 74.1
Wyoming 67.6 111 2003 68.8

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Yukon cooling too

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In addition to BC cooling over the last 15 years, so are the following Canadian Provinces and Territories.

Alberta ( -0.366C / decade), Saskatchewan (-0.411C/ Decade) , Manitoba (-0.231C / Decade) , Northwest Territories (-0.28C/ Decade), Yukon (-0.411C)/ Decade

The data is slightly different from the BC post in that I now only use stations with Climate Normals and 170 out of 180 data points in  the last 180 months. In the case of BC it actually changes the cooling slightly.

Instead of -0.501C / Decade it is -0.463C/ Decade.  Graphs below. Click for full size.

British Columbia – Temperature Trend Per Station for Last 15 years

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As a follow on to this post on British Columbia’s temperature trend over the last 15 years here are the stations (that have calculated Normals) with 170 data points out of the last 180 (15 years) and the trend.

Only one station has a positive trend – Bella Coola Airport. Of course it would be an airport.

Station data points Trend C / Decade
ABBOTSFORD A 178 -0.41
ADDENBROKE ISLAND 175 -0.45
AGASSIZ CDA 171 -0.28
ALBERNI ROBERTSON CREEK 174 -0.49
ATLIN 178 -0.94
BELLA COOLA A 174 0.06
BOAT BLUFF 175 -0.09
BONILLA ISLAND 172 -0.46
BURNABY SIMON FRASER U 176 -0.3
CAPE BEALE LIGHT 174 -0.2
CASTLEGAR A 180 -0.62
CHATHAM POINT 175 -0.41
CHILLIWACK R HATCHERY 170 -0.67
COMOX A 180 -0.4
CRANBROOK A 180 -0.49
DARFIELD 175 -0.64
DEASE LAKE 172 -0.69
DRYAD POINT 175 -0.53
DUNCAN LAKE DAM 175 -0.6
EGG ISLAND 172 -0.54
FERNIE 172 -0.4
FORT NELSON A 180 -0.23
FORT ST JAMES 179 -0.46
FORT ST JOHN A 180 -0.24
GERMANSEN LANDING 180 -0.19
GIBSONS GOWER POINT 173 -0.28
GREEN ISLAND 174 -0.41
HANEY UBC RF ADMIN 176 -0.51
KAMLOOPS A 180 -0.42
KITIMAT TOWNSITE 177 -0.51
MACKENZIE A 174 -0.35
MALIBU JERVIS INLET 171 -0.31
MCLEESE LAKE GRANITE MT 175 -0.52
MERRITT STP 176 -0.41
MICA DAM 176 -0.91
MISSION WEST ABBEY 180 -0.74
NOOTKA LIGHTSTATION 177 -0.62
OLIVER STP 180 -0.6
PACHENA POINT 172 -0.05
PEACHLAND 177 -0.29
PENTICTON A 177 -0.64
PLEASANT CAMP 175 -0.88
PORT ALICE 175 -0.14
PORT HARDY A 180 -0.39
PORT RENFREW 173 -0.34
PRINCE GEORGE STP 177 -0.23
QUALICUM R FISH RESEARCH 176 -0.18
QUINSAM RIVER HATCHERY 177 -0.62
SAANICHTON CDA 177 -0.77
SALMON ARM A 178 -0.6
SALTSPRING ST MARYS L 174 -0.52
SANDSPIT A 180 -0.48
SHAWNIGAN LAKE 177 -0.43
SMITHERS A 180 -0.29
SPOKIN LAKE 4E 177 -0.83
STUIE TWEEDSMUIR LODGE 177 -0.47
TERRACE A 180 -0.35
TERRACE PCC 172 -0.41
VANCOUVER HARBOUR CS 175 -0.64
VANCOUVER INTL A 180 -0.38
VANDERHOOF 172 -0.47
VICTORIA INTL A 180 -0.55
WILLIAMS LAKE A 180 -0.63
WINFIELD 177 -0.42

 

Stations with less than 170 data points.

Station data points Trend C / Decade
100 MILE HOUSE 24 -7.83
AMPHITRITE POINT 24 -14.85
BABINE LAKE PINKUT CREEK 120 -0.21
BAMFIELD EAST 16 -27.01
BARKERVILLE 128 -0.59
BEAVERDELL NORTH 83 -0.92
BELLA COOLA 61 -2.16
BIG CREEK 7 10.53
BLUE RIVER A 163 -0.46
BRIDGE LAKE 2 152 -0.51
BULLMOOSE 67 -3.31
CAMPBELL RIVER A 165 -0.23
CAPE MUDGE 161 0.01
CAPE SCOTT 119 -0.28
CARIBOO LODGE 132 -0.81
CASTLEGAR BCHPA DAM 132 -0.38
CHILLIWACK 161 -0.32
COOMBS 147 0.26
COWICHAN LAKE FORESTRY 127 -0.48
COWICHAN LAKE VILLAGE 28 -7.11
CRANBROOK CITY 64 -3.06
CRESTON 144 -0.36
CRESTON WPCC 105 -0.41
DAWSON CREEK A 144 -0.58
ESTEVAN POINT 167 -0.6
FAUQUIER 142 -0.65
FORDING RIVER COMINCO 161 -1.35
FRASER LAKE NORTH SHORE 149 -0.17
FT STEELE DANDY CRK 160 -0.44
GABRIOLA ISLAND 123 0.08
GLACIER NP MT FIDELITY 125 -0.48
GLACIER NP ROGERS PASS 128 -0.45
GOLD RIVER TOWNSITE 142 -0.31
GOLDEN A 165 -0.65
GOLDSTREAM RIVER 159 -2.36
GRAND FORKS 122 -0.51
HANEY EAST 103 0.02
HEDLEY 90 0.33
HIGHLAND VALLEY LORNEX 167 -0.1
HIXON 162 -0.95
HOPE SLIDE 164 -0.24
JOE RICH CREEK 120 -1.03
KASLO 159 -0.42
KELOWNA A 91 -0.8
KELOWNA EAST 38 -5.67
KELOWNA PC BURNETTS NURS 67 -1.28
KEMANO 127 -0.04
KEREMEOS 2 35 -2.79
KILDALA 36 -6.36
KITIMAT 2 129 -0.39
KLEENA KLEENE 2 108 -0.06
KOOTENAY NP KTNY CRSG 61 -4.74
KOOTENAY NP WEST GATE 138 -0.45
LAIDLAW 163 -0.67
LANGARA 167 -0.49
LILLOOET SETON BCHPA 44 -6.1
LITTLE QUALICUM HATCHERY 159 -0.35
LUMBY SIGALET RD 18 13.38
LUNCH LAKE 144 -0.67
MARYSVILLE 120 0.2
MAYNE ISLAND 64 -1.92
MCINNES ISLAND 160 -0.44
MCLEESE LAKE FRASERVIEW 139 -0.57
MERRY ISLAND LIGHTSTATIO 166 -0.05
MUD BAY 124 0.04
MUNCHO LAKE 146 -1.03
N VAN SEYMOUR HATCHERY 166 -0.67
N VANC GROUSE MTN RESORT 152 -0.88
NANAIMO A 168 -0.3
NARAMATA 78 0.65
NASS CAMP 157 -0.47
NEW DENVER 149 -0.55
NITINAT RIVER HATCHERY 154 -0.16
OCHILTREE MIOCENE 73 -0.81
OLIVER 131 -0.7
OOTSA L SKINS L SPILLWAY 129 -0.18
OSOYOOS WEST 142 -0.55
OYAMA 2 -156.63
OYSTER RIVER UBC 100 0.79
PALLANT CREEK 11 13.44
PINE PASS MT LEMORAY 82 -0.99
PITT POLDER 108 0.2
PORT MOODY GLENAYRE 139 -0.84
POWELL RIVER 109 0.01
POWELL RIVER A 164 -0.5
PRINCE GEORGE 15NW 82 -1.84
PRINCE GEORGE A 146 -0.81
PRINCE RUPERT A 103 0.53
PRINCETON A 164 -0.78
PUNTCHESAKUT LAKE 118 -0.88
QUATSINO 167 -0.85
QUATSINO LIGHTSTATION 159 0.01
QUESNEL A 114 -0.1
RICHMOND NATURE PARK 162 -0.78
SALTSPRING IS CUSHEON LK 41 -4.66
SARDIS 129 -0.86
SEWALL MASSET INLET 110 -0.46
SHALALTH 75 -0.22
SOUTH SLOCAN 131 -0.77
SPARWOOD 161 -0.36
SPENCES BRIDGE NICOLA 56 -3.65
STEWART A 150 -0.69
SURREY MUNICIPAL HALL 85 0.03
SURREY NEWTON 36 -4.13
SUSKWA VALLEY 132 -0.65
TAHTSA LAKE WEST 33 -9.43
TATLAYOKO LAKE 78 0.44
TLELL 16 -7.94
TOFINO A 164 -0.17
TOPLEY LANDING 140 -0.22
TWAN CREEK 89 -0.29
VAVENBY 169 -0.31
VERNON BELLA VISTA 124 -0.44
VICTORIA GONZALES HTS 84 0.37
VICTORIA PHYLLIS STREET 48 -2.84
WARDNER KTNY HATCHERY 155 0.16
WARFIELD 62 -1.84
WASA 167 -0.69
WESTWOLD 141 -0.8
WHISTLER 164 -0.65
WHITE ROCK STP 50 -4.07
WILLIAM HEAD 165 -0.57
WILLIAMS LAKE RIVER 58 -4.78
WISTARIA 84 -0.13
BUGABOO CREEK LODGE 28 -0.91
CHETWYND A 160 0.19
UPPER CAMPBELL LAKE 7 -16.3
HARTLEY BAY 1 NA
SQUAMISH UPPER 136 -0.23
REVELSTOKE AIRPORT RD 4 62.57
LAKE COWICHAN 145 -0.41
ALERT BAY 2 -156.63

British Columbia cooling at -0.501C per decade for last 15 years

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British Columbia, Canada (BC)  is north of Washington/Idaho/Montana.

I download monthly data from the Environment Canada (EC) websites. EC treats some stations as special and calculates anomalies against what they call Normals. As of today the Normals are calculated for 1971-2000 and I am using those special stations. This data is in anomalies in Celsius, not Fahrenheit. Here, for example, is data for all of Canada for Aug 2012 (I am just looking at BC today).

British Columbia has been cooling at -0.501C per decade for last 15 years.

Click on the graph for full size.

Another way to look at the data is to calculate 5 year means going backwards from the most recent data.

The most recent 5 year period in BC is -0.01C colder than the 1971 – 2000 Normals.

More importantly it is .79C colder than the previous 5 year period. That also puts the last 5 years colder than ~1925-1930, and colder than ~1940 and the same temperature as ~1960 and ~ 1990.

 

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.

HADCRUT3 Gridded Data – NW Corner – Last 15 years

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This post looks at the North West corner of the HADCRUT3 Gridded data for the last 15 years. It is a continuation of this post.

But Northwest I mean Latitude above 0, Longitude < 0. Roughly North America.

In the first map, I am showing the grid cells that have 170 data points out of the last 180 months. I believe that is close to what CRU does for the HADCRUT3 data summarized by month. The 2nd map has all the grid cells with 2 or more data points.

The * represents the magnitude of the data roughly. If there is a + it is too large to show (like the giant red star). Red = warming. Blue = cooling.

 

 

 

 

 

HADCRUT3 Gridded Last 15 years – Some Data is Missing

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My first look at the gridded data ended up with a Big Red Star. This post looks at how much data there is over the last 15 years counting back from June 2012 (the most recent gridded data).

For grids with temperature stations there should be 180 data points (15 years x 12 months).

I found 2,315 grid cells with data out of a possible 2,592. 731 of those grid cells have a 180 data points. 1,132 grid cells have 170 or more data points.

I calculated the trend for each gridcell.

I’ve used RGoogleMaps before to map spatial data, so here is a map of the world with the count of data points centered in each grid cell. You might want to click on it and zoom in. Cells with a cooling trend are in blue, warming cells are colored red. 1253 cells are warming, 1058 are cooling and 4 have a trend of 0.

There are a lot of cells without much data.