1025 Low Max Records Broken From Aug 1 to Aug 21 according to the NOAA.
A “Low Max” means that the maximum temperatures for the day was the lowest it has ever been.
This indicates daytime cooling.
Below is a screenshot showing location and the biggest difference between old record and new record.
Note that Dyer NV has 111 years of data. And the record was smashed by 16F.
Using Environment Canada monthly summaries, Woodstock Ontario had the coldest average Tmax for July since 1872 (which is when the data starts).
Warm July’s seem kind of cyclic too on this graph.
This graph is just July’s monthly anomaly from the 1981-2010 average.
28,504 Low Max Records were set in last 365 days according to the NOAA.
A “Low Max” means that the maximum temperatures for the day was the lowest it has ever been.
This indicates daytime cooling.
Only 13205 High Max records were set. That is over a 2:1 ratio. Brrr.
(h/t IceAgeNow)
A new “study” is out.
“Britain will have fewer days of ‘extreme cold’ and will enjoy milder winters as a direct result of climate change, according to a new study.
The new research is set to cool growing fears that the Northern Hemisphere could be gripped by more severe winters throughout the next century due to the Arctic warming up.”
In these cases I like to turn to HADCET Daily Minimum data which is available from 1878 on. And I thought I would look at the number of days that the minimum was lower or equal to 0C for each year.
Wow. 2010 had the 6th highest number of days that were 0C or colder. So much for “Global Warming”.
| Year | Days | Longest Coldwave |
| 1879 | 91 | 18 |
| 1917 | 90 | 28 |
| 1887 | 83 | 11 |
| 1888 | 81 | 23 |
| 1892 | 80 | 14 |
| 2010 | 79 | 16 |
| 1963 | 78 | 27 |
| 1895 | 75 | 32 |
| 1909 | 75 | 23 |
| 1891 | 73 | 13 |
What about equal to or less than -5C? Wow! 2010 was 2nd highest with 21 days.
| Year | Days | Longest Coldwave |
| 1963 | 26 | 5 |
| 2010 | 21 | 5 |
| 1895 | 20 | 11 |
| 1892 | 17 | 7 |
| 1940 | 17 | 14 |
| 1881 | 16 | 8 |
| 1985 | 16 | 6 |
| 1879 | 14 | 7 |
| 1962 | 14 | 3 |
| 1878 | 13 | 6 |
The data is from the daily data put out by Environment Canada. (It is wrong sometimes)
These are ONLY the “Normals” stations (the stations EC calculates anomalies for from the 1971-2000 mean)
The black circle in the top left corner represents 5C divergence from the “Normals”. Blue is cold. Red is warm. Click for bigger. Refresh to make it start over.
There are 3 maps: TMean,TMin and TMax. Click on each for bigger.
TMean
TMin
TMax
The data is from the daily data put out by Environment Canada. (It is wrong sometimes)
These are ONLY the “Normals” stations (the stations EC calculates anomalies for from the 1971-2000 mean)
The black circle in the top left corner represents 5C divergence from the “Normals”. Blue is cold. Red is warm. Click for bigger. Refresh to make it start over.
There are 3 graphs: TMean,TMin and TMax. Feb 28 had average anomalies in the -8C range. Many were more than -10C. Polar Vortex!
TMean
TMin
TMax
According to the NOAA, January was only the 53rd warmest out of 120. That means 67 January’s (out of 120) were warmer.
The lower 48 states were pretty much divided right down the middle. Very cold in the east, warm in the west and normal in the states directly above Texas.
Alabama had its 4th coldest January in 120 years. It was -8.3F colder than normal. Minnesota was the coldest state, averaging 2.3F. Brrr. Only 52.3F colder than Florida.
Here are the maps of average temperature, rank out of 120 (120 = warmest) and temperature anomaly from 1901-2000
Average Temperature in F
Rank out of 120 (120 = warmest and 1 = coldest)
Anomaly in F from 1901 – 2000 average.
The AGW cult likes to talk about “extreme weather” as if that is a new thing and all was nice and calm in the past before that evil CO2 came along. What a load of bull.
Inspired by my own post about 1930 temperatures in Canada and Steven Goddards post about “extreme weather” in Montana in 1936, I thought I should take a quick look at 1936.
Imagine you are in the middle of the worst 10 year heatwave ever in North America — the dust bowl — and along comes February 1936. The data in the graph below are monthly averages based on the 1971-2000 normals Canada uses.
The black dot in the top left hand corner is about 5C of difference above or below the normal for that month.
Of the 184 stations, 3 were above 0. 81 were more than -10C colder than normal. Animated gif of whole year at bottom. Click for bigger.
Stations More Than -15C below normal
| Prov | Stn_Name | Anomaly |
| ALTA | SION | -21.5 |
| ALTA | MEDICINE HAT A | -20.4 |
| ALTA | VIKING | -19.6 |
| ALTA | FORT MACLEOD | -19.4 |
| ALTA | BEAVER MINES | -19.4 |
| ALTA | GLEICHEN | -19.3 |
| ALTA | LETHBRIDGE CDA | -19.3 |
| ALTA | CALMAR | -19 |
| ALTA | CARDSTON | -18.9 |
| SASK | BEECHY | -18.9 |
| SASK | PENNANT | -18.7 |
| ALTA | CALGARY INT’L A | -18.4 |
| ALTA | HIGH RIVER | -18.2 |
| SASK | ANEROID | -18.2 |
| SASK | GRAVELBOURG | -18.2 |
| ALTA | MANYBERRIES CDA | -18 |
| BC | FORT ST JAMES | -17.8 |
| ALTA | OLDS | -17.8 |
| ALTA | PEKISKO | -17.7 |
| ALTA | BROOKS AHRC | -17.5 |
| SASK | TUGASKE | -17.4 |
| SASK | SCOTT CDA | -17.4 |
| SASK | YELLOW GRASS | -17.3 |
| ALTA | BEAVERLODGE CDA | -17.2 |
| SASK | CHAPLIN | -17.2 |
| BC | ATLIN | -17.1 |
| MAN | PIERSON | -17.1 |
| ALTA | LACOMBE CDA | -17 |
| SASK | REGINA A | -16.9 |
| SASK | WASECA | -16.9 |
| YT | MAYO A | -16.7 |
| ALTA | CAMPSIE | -16.7 |
| BC | BALDONNEL | -16.6 |
| ALTA | FAIRVIEW | -16.6 |
| SASK | HARRIS | -16.6 |
| ALTA | RANFURLY | -16.5 |
| SASK | MIDALE | -16.5 |
| SASK | KLINTONEL | -16.5 |
| ALTA | ENTRANCE | -16.4 |
| ALTA | CALDWELL | -16.2 |
| ALTA | ELK POINT | -16 |
| SASK | NOKOMIS | -16 |
| SASK | SASKATOON A | -16 |
| SASK | BIGGAR | -15.7 |
| SASK | DAVIDSON | -15.5 |
| SASK | LUMSDEN | -15.5 |
| MAN | DELORAINE | -15.5 |
| SASK | MUENSTER | -15.4 |
| SASK | INDIAN HEAD CDA | -15.3 |
| SASK | REGINA CDA | -15.2 |
| SASK | PILGER | -15 |
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.
What a brutal Spring. in the USA according to the NOAA.
Look at all those single digit rankings. Rank: (1 = Coldest and 119 = Warmest)
3rd coldest Spring out of 119 in Minnesota.
4th coldest in North and South Dakota. 5th coldest in Arkansas.
This should not be possible if AGW was real.
| State | Spring_2013 | Spring Rank | Coldest Spring | Coldest Spring F |
| Minnesota | 35.9 | 3 | 1950 | 34.43 |
| North Dakota | 33.83 | 4 | 1899 | 31.33 |
| South Carolina | 59.3 | 4 | 1960 | 58.87 |
| Arkansas | 57.33 | 5 | 1960 | 56.47 |
| Alabama | 60.1 | 6 | 1960 | 59.07 |
| Georgia | 60.67 | 6 | 1960 | 59.77 |
| Mississippi | 60.53 | 6 | 1960 | 59.97 |
| Iowa | 43.87 | 7 | 1960 | 42.83 |
| Louisiana | 63.7 | 7 | 1931 | 61.9 |
| Missouri | 51.17 | 7 | 1960 | 49.77 |
| North Carolina | 55.93 | 7 | 1960 | 54.9 |
| Tennessee | 54.9 | 8 | 1960 | 52.93 |
| South Dakota | 40.23 | 9 | 1950 | 37.6 |
| Wisconsin | 38.8 | 9 | 1950 | 37.3 |
| Oklahoma | 56.27 | 11 | 1924 | 54.3 |
| Kansas | 50.5 | 12 | 1924 | 48.3 |
| Florida | 68.1 | 13 | 1931 | 66.4 |
| Kentucky | 52.8 | 14 | 1960 | 50.53 |
| Nebraska | 44.9 | 16 | 1917 | 42.97 |
| Illinois | 49.17 | 19 | 1960 | 46.6 |
| Virginia | 53.03 | 34 | 1960 | 51.03 |
| West Virginia | 49.87 | 34 | 1960 | 46.8 |
| Michigan | 40.97 | 39 | 1950 | 37.6 |
| Michigan | 40.97 | 39 | 1940 | 37.6 |
| Indiana | 50.03 | 40 | 1960 | 46.53 |
| Texas | 64.2 | 40 | 1931 | 60.13 |
| Colorado | 42.73 | 42 | 1917 | 37.23 |
| Montana | 40.57 | 45 | 1917 | 35.5 |
| Maryland | 51.77 | 50 | 1940 | 48.63 |
| Wyoming | 39.67 | 57 | 1917 | 32.37 |
| Ohio | 49.5 | 58 | 1926 | 45.07 |
| Pennsylvania | 47.47 | 62 | 1984 | 43.57 |
| New Jersey | 50.3 | 63 | 1940 | 46.27 |
| Connecticut | 47.1 | 71 | 1967 | 42.13 |
| New York | 43.83 | 75 | 1926 | 38.57 |
| Delaware | 53.33 | 76 | 1940 | 48.63 |
| Utah | 47.8 | 76 | 1917 | 39.47 |
| Massachusetts | 46.17 | 77 | 1967 | 40.97 |
| Washington | 48.07 | 82 | 1955 | 41.5 |
| Oregon | 47.4 | 83 | 1917 | 42 |
| Idaho | 43.97 | 85 | 1917 | 36.17 |
| Rhode Island | 47.5 | 85 | 1917 | 40.97 |
| New Mexico | 53.47 | 92 | 1917 | 47.53 |
| Maine | 40.83 | 93 | 1926 | 33.7 |
| Vermont | 42.67 | 94 | 1926 | 34.03 |
| Nevada | 49.93 | 97 | 1917 | 41.17 |
| New Hampshire | 43.43 | 98 | 1926 | 35.4 |
| Arizona | 60.87 | 108 | 1917 | 52.4 |
| California | 60.13 | 113 | 1917 | 52.37 |
sunshine hours 