Tag: Cooling

USA NOAA March 2013 – Damned Cold – Only 43rd Coldest out of 119

Published on by sunshinehours11 Comment

According to the NOAA, March 2013 was ranked 43rd coldest out of 119.

76 March’s have been warmer. Here is a list:

1898 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1907 1908 1910 1911 1914 1916 1918 1919
1921 1925 1927 1928 1929 1933 1934 1935 1936 1938 1939 1940 1942 1945 1946
1949 1953 1956 1957 1959 1961 1963 1966 1967 1968 1972 1973 1974 1976 1977
1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2012

March 2013 was 10F colder than 2012. Will it make the news?

(1 = Coldest / 119 = Warmest / Highlighted Were Warmer Than 2013)

year Mar Mar Rank 
2013 40.76 43
2012 50.4 119
2011 43.04 80
2010 43.54 87
2009 42.88 77
2008 41.94 61
2007 47.53 117
2006 42.71 75
2005 42.35 65
2004 47.26 116
2003 43.27 82
2002 39.4 29
2001 41.36 53
2000 46.08 112
1999 42.87 76
1998 41.29 51
1997 44.59 104
1996 38.95 26
1995 43.43 85
1994 44.47 101
1993 41.62 56
1992 44.7 105
1991 43.49 86
1990 44.73 106
1989 42.59 72
1988 42.5 71
1987 42.64 74
1986 46.22 113
1985 43.57 88
1984 40.11 36
1983 42.49 70
1982 42.05 63
1981 42.97 79
1980 39.43 32
1979 42.18 64
1978 41.28 50
1977 43.37 84
1976 42.41 68
1975 38.81 20
1974 44.47 102
1973 44.49 103
1972 44.07 98
1971 39.77 34
1970 38.61 15
1969 36.16 4
1968 43.71 92
1967 43.69 91
1966 43.07 81
1965 35.55 1
1964 38.93 25
1963 43.87 96
1962 38.01 12
1961 43.61 90
1960 35.91 2
1959 41.63 58
1958 37.83 10
1957 41.43 54
1956 40.85 44
1955 40.16 37
1954 39.41 31
1953 43.87 95
1952 37.9 11
1951 38.7 18
1950 39.02 28
1949 40.96 46
1948 38.89 22
1947 38.86 21
1946 46.96 115
1945 45.76 109
1944 38.72 19
1943 38.69 17
1942 41.54 55
1941 39.41 30
1940 41.63 57
1939 42.63 73
1938 45.22 107
1937 38.97 27
1936 43.59 89
1935 43.75 93
1934 42.9 78
1933 42.04 62
1932 37.53 8
1931 39.59 33
1930 40.59 41
1929 43.81 94
1928 43.28 83
1927 42.41 67
1926 39.86 35
1925 44.4 100
1924 37.39 7
1923 38.52 14
1922 40.62 42
1921 46.71 114
1920 40.43 39
1919 41 48
1918 45.96 111
1917 38.66 16
1916 42.37 66
1915 37.27 6
1914 40.99 47
1913 38.92 24
1912 35.96 3
1911 44.23 99
1910 49.62 118
1909 40.5 40
1908 44.01 97
1907 45.79 110
1906 36.31 5
1905 45.29 108
1904 41.75 59
1903 42.42 69
1902 41.9 60
1901 40.9 45
1900 41.32 52
1899 37.72 9
1898 41.14 49
1897 38.91 23
1896 38.19 13
1895 40.17 38

BC Canada 1988-2012: 124 out of 143 stations last 5 years have been the coldest (or 2nd coldest) out of 25 years

Published on by sunshinehours15 Comments

The province of BC in Canada has really cooled off in the last 5 years. This post is an attempt to quantify it.

I am using data from Environment Canada monthly summaries. An example is here.

Some of the BC stations have  “normals” (anomalies) calculated by EC  based on the 1971-2000 average. (The D column in the summaries).

In 2013, there are 661 stations in BC reporting in the monthly summaries.  237 have normals calculated. 143 of those have data in all five of the 5 year periods from 1988 to 2012.

I calculated 5 year averages for each 5 year period : 1988-1992, 1993-1997, 1998-2002, 2003-2007 and 2008 to 2012.

And then I ranked them so that 1 would be the warmest and 5 would be the coldest. If there had been steadily rising temperatures from 1988 to 2012, the rank would be 5 4 3 2 1.

An example with a rank of 4 5 3 2 1 is Wardner Ktny Hatchery. Not quite a 5 4 3 2 1 ranking because it cooled a bit in 1993-1997 compared to 1988-1992.

The anomaly rose from .62C in 1988-1992 to 1.28C in 2008-2012.

Prov Stn_Name 1988-1992 1993-1997 1998-2002 2003-2007 2008-2012 Rank
BC WARDNER KTNY HATCHERY 0.62 0.07 0.79 1.07 1.28 4 5 3 2 1

So, how many of the 143 have a rank of 5 4 3 2 1? None.

Ok, how many of the 143 have a rank ending with 1 (meaning 2008-2012 was the warmest 5 year period)? One. Wardner Ktny Hatchery. As shown above.

How about those with a rank ending in 2 (meaning the most current 5 year period is the 2nd warmest? Two out of 143.

16 end with a 3 (meaning the most current 5 year period is the 3rd warmest).

42 end with a 4 (meaning the most current 5 year period is the 4th warmest).

82 end with a 5 (meaning the most current 5 year period is the coldest in the last 25 years)!!!!

124 out of 143 stations have the coldest or 2nd coldest 5 year period.

All 143 below:

Prov Stn Name 1988-1992 1993-1997 1998-2002 2003-2007 2008-2012 Rank
BC ABBOTSFORD A 0.47 0.54 0.57 1 0.31 4 3 2 1 5
BC ADDENBROKE ISLAND 0 0.05 0.16 0.67 -0.18 4 3 2 1 5
BC AGASSIZ CDA 0.41 0.42 0.29 0.77 0.16 3 2 4 1 5
BC ALBERNI ROBERTSON CREEK 0.41 0.46 0.44 0.49 0.25 4 2 3 1 5
BC ATLIN 0.58 0.19 1.01 1.01 0.05 3 4 2 1 5
BC BABINE LAKE PINKUT CREEK 0.84 0.04 0.66 0.99 0.85 3 5 4 1 2
BC BARKERVILLE 0.28 -0.09 0.09 0.44 -1.08 2 4 3 1 5
BC BELLA COOLA A 0.31 -0.43 -0.12 0.23 -0.25 1 5 3 2 4
BC BLUE RIVER A 0.48 -0.03 0.46 0.82 0.36 2 5 3 1 4
BC BOAT BLUFF 0.18 0.26 -0.27 0.28 -0.15 3 2 5 1 4
BC BONILLA ISLAND 0.24 0.63 0.17 0.74 -0.12 3 2 4 1 5
BC BRIDGE LAKE 2 0.34 -0.37 -0.05 0.24 -0.26 1 5 3 2 4
BC BURNABY SIMON FRASER U 0.44 0.44 -0.06 0.46 -0.13 3 2 4 1 5
BC CAMPBELL RIVER A 0.51 0.46 0.44 0.87 0.41 2 3 4 1 5
BC CAPE BEALE LIGHT 0.02 0.18 -0.2 0.41 -0.23 3 2 4 1 5
BC CAPE MUDGE 0.37 -0.18 0.17 0.54 0.27 2 5 4 1 3
BC CAPE SCOTT 0.23 0.66 0.08 0.4 -0.31 3 1 4 2 5
BC CARIBOO LODGE 0.35 -0.21 0.29 0.47 -0.63 2 4 3 1 5
BC CASTLEGAR A 0.35 0.06 0.56 0.8 0.1 3 5 2 1 4
BC CASTLEGAR BCHPA DAM 0.28 0.06 0.98 1.28 0.74 4 5 2 1 3
BC CHATHAM POINT 0.29 0.27 0.46 0.77 0.17 3 4 2 1 5
BC CHETWYND A 0.44 -0.69 0.16 0.44 -0.02 2 5 3 1 4
BC CHILLIWACK 0.19 0.04 0.13 0.57 -0.09 2 4 3 1 5
BC CHILLIWACK R HATCHERY 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.41 -0.36 2 3 4 1 5
BC COMOX A 0.38 0.31 0.32 0.66 0.06 2 4 3 1 5
BC COOMBS 0.01 0.22 0.23 0.78 0.46 5 4 3 1 2
BC COWICHAN LAKE FORESTRY 0.35 0.32 0.22 0.6 -0.67 2 3 4 1 5
BC CRANBROOK A 0.48 -0.14 0.52 0.74 0.18 3 5 2 1 4
BC CRESTON 0.24 0.17 0.74 1.13 0.27 4 5 2 1 3
BC DARFIELD 0.26 -0.24 0.5 0.74 0.14 3 5 2 1 4
BC DAWSON CREEK A 0.7 -0.36 0.42 0.55 0.01 1 5 3 2 4
BC DEASE LAKE 0.44 0.24 0.52 0.66 0.08 3 4 2 1 5
BC DRYAD POINT 0.16 0.3 -0.01 0.41 -0.39 3 2 4 1 5
BC DUNCAN LAKE DAM 0.37 0.09 0.57 0.81 0.11 3 5 2 1 4
BC EGG ISLAND 0.26 0.56 0.3 0.45 -0.11 4 1 3 2 5
BC ESTEVAN POINT 0.38 0.39 0.27 0.64 -0.15 3 2 4 1 5
BC FAUQUIER 0.5 0.03 0.54 0.76 -0.18 3 4 2 1 5
BC FERNIE 0.58 -0.08 0.64 1.13 0.44 3 5 2 1 4
BC FORDING RIVER COMINCO -0.14 -0.5 0.55 0.94 -0.63 3 4 2 1 5
BC FORT NELSON A 0.1 0.08 0.64 0.8 0.39 4 5 2 1 3
BC FORT ST JAMES 0.78 -0.02 0.47 0.8 0.2 2 5 3 1 4
BC FORT ST JOHN A 0.66 -0.28 0.54 0.58 0.13 1 5 3 2 4
BC FRASER LAKE NORTH SHORE 0.81 0.28 0.83 1.2 0.8 3 5 2 1 4
BC FT STEELE DANDY CRK 0.46 -0.11 0.32 0.89 0.04 2 5 3 1 4
BC GABRIOLA ISLAND 0.16 0.22 -0.17 0.45 -0.64 3 2 4 1 5
BC GERMANSEN LANDING 0.75 0.2 0.5 0.86 0.44 2 5 3 1 4
BC GIBSONS GOWER POINT 0.32 0.31 0.38 0.82 0.3 3 4 2 1 5
BC GLACIER NP MT FIDELITY 0.31 0.05 0.44 0.74 -0.31 3 4 2 1 5
BC GLACIER NP ROGERS PASS 0.35 0.12 0.52 0.9 -0.01 3 4 2 1 5
BC GOLD RIVER TOWNSITE 0.25 0.22 0.2 0.69 0.05 2 3 4 1 5
BC GOLDEN A 0.58 0.18 0.87 1.02 0.5 3 5 2 1 4
BC GOLDSTREAM RIVER 0.15 -0.42 0.38 0.49 -2.05 3 4 2 1 5
BC GRAND FORKS 0.41 -0.01 0.79 0.83 0 3 5 2 1 4
BC GREEN ISLAND 0.02 0.14 0.1 0.53 -0.12 4 2 3 1 5
BC HANEY EAST -0.16 0.28 0.32 0.83 0 5 3 2 1 4
BC HANEY UBC RF ADMIN 0.33 0.46 0.3 0.72 0.02 3 2 4 1 5
BC HIGHLAND VALLEY LORNEX 0.84 0.08 0.39 1.08 0.43 2 5 4 1 3
BC HIXON 0.58 -0.03 0.57 0.91 -0.3 2 4 3 1 5
BC HOPE SLIDE 0.5 0.03 -0.05 0.54 -0.13 2 3 4 1 5
BC JOE RICH CREEK 0.62 -0.04 0.7 0.98 -0.54 3 4 2 1 5
BC KAMLOOPS A 0.42 -0.13 0.65 1.02 0.5 4 5 2 1 3
BC KASLO 0.44 0.02 0.51 0.94 0.09 3 5 2 1 4
BC KEMANO 0.7 0.56 0.28 0.97 -0.5 2 3 4 1 5
BC KITIMAT 2 0.58 0.3 0.02 0.56 -0.68 1 3 4 2 5
BC KITIMAT TOWNSITE 0.72 0.53 0.41 1.01 0.06 2 3 4 1 5
BC KOOTENAY NP WEST GATE 0.21 0.01 0.63 0.71 0.26 4 5 2 1 3
BC LAIDLAW 0.28 -0.12 0.18 0.56 -0.37 2 4 3 1 5
BC LANGARA 0.25 0.34 0.02 0.5 -0.32 3 2 4 1 5
BC LITTLE QUALICUM HATCHERY 0.15 0.14 0.16 0.53 -0.1 3 4 2 1 5
BC LUNCH LAKE 0.35 -0.39 0.14 0.24 -0.47 1 4 3 2 5
BC MACKENZIE A 0.78 0.26 0.7 1.14 0.39 2 5 3 1 4
BC MALIBU JERVIS INLET 0.2 0.16 0.14 0.63 -0.02 2 3 4 1 5
BC MARYSVILLE 0.25 -0.09 0.61 1.08 -0.5 3 4 2 1 5
BC MCINNES ISLAND 0.2 0.51 0.18 0.51 -0.18 3 2 4 1 5
BC MCLEESE LAKE FRASERVIEW 0.08 -0.31 1 1.4 0.25 4 5 2 1 3
BC MCLEESE LAKE GRANITE MT 0.52 0.05 0.26 0.55 0 2 4 3 1 5
BC MERRITT STP 0.6 -0.01 0.69 1.08 0.47 3 5 2 1 4
BC MERRY ISLAND LIGHTSTATIO 0.3 0.43 0.21 0.76 0.35 4 2 5 1 3
BC MICA DAM 0.52 -0.02 0.64 0.72 -0.02 3 5 2 1 4
BC MISSION WEST ABBEY 0.24 0.45 0.17 0.43 -0.32 3 1 4 2 5
BC MUD BAY 0.32 0.4 -0.01 0.88 -0.55 3 2 4 1 5
BC MUNCHO LAKE 0.59 0.49 0.68 0.86 -0.24 3 4 2 1 5
BC N VAN SEYMOUR HATCHERY 0.21 0.15 0.12 0.27 -0.38 2 3 4 1 5
BC N VANC GROUSE MTN RESORT 0.44 0.22 0.93 0.96 -0.04 3 4 2 1 5
BC NANAIMO A 0.35 0.32 0.22 0.56 0.13 2 3 4 1 5
BC NASS CAMP 0.35 0.1 0.29 0.79 -0.05 2 4 3 1 5
BC NEW DENVER 0.46 -0.06 0.8 1.2 0.33 3 5 2 1 4
BC NITINAT RIVER HATCHERY 0.25 0.3 -0.23 0.38 -0.31 3 2 4 1 5
BC NOOTKA LIGHTSTATION 0.02 0.25 -0.15 0.29 -0.6 3 2 4 1 5
BC OLIVER 0.65 0.37 1.23 1.34 0.16 3 4 2 1 5
BC OLIVER STP 0.33 0.17 1 1.12 0.53 4 5 2 1 3
BC OOTSA L SKINS L SPILLWAY 0.9 -0.55 -0.3 0.46 -0.98 1 4 3 2 5
BC OSOYOOS WEST 0.44 -0.04 0.77 0.93 0.21 3 5 2 1 4
BC PACHENA POINT 0.37 0.98 -0.65 -0.15 -0.28 2 1 5 3 4
BC PEACHLAND 0.4 -0.07 0.34 0.61 0.26 2 5 3 1 4
BC PENTICTON A 0.46 -0.12 0.63 0.82 0.07 3 5 2 1 4
BC PLEASANT CAMP 0.18 0.29 0.26 0.44 -0.58 4 2 3 1 5
BC PORT ALICE 0.4 0.4 -0.03 0.49 -0.01 3 2 5 1 4
BC PORT HARDY A 0.35 0.42 0.21 0.63 -0.08 3 2 4 1 5
BC PORT MOODY GLENAYRE 0.31 0.4 0.05 0.24 -0.43 2 1 4 3 5
BC PORT RENFREW 0.33 0.44 0.22 0.7 0.05 3 2 4 1 5
BC POWELL RIVER A 0.34 0.34 0.25 0.48 -0.05 3 2 4 1 5
BC PRINCE GEORGE A 0.5 -0.01 0.56 0.81 -0.2 3 4 2 1 5
BC PRINCE GEORGE STP 0.25 -0.3 0.16 0.65 0.07 2 5 3 1 4
BC PRINCETON A 0.4 0.08 0.64 0.7 0.08 3 5 2 1 4
BC PUNTCHESAKUT LAKE 0.45 -0.22 0.55 0.58 -0.9 3 4 2 1 5
BC QUALICUM R FISH RESEARCH 0.35 0.26 0.4 0.78 0.38 4 5 2 1 3
BC QUATSINO 0.64 0.54 0.09 0.34 -0.62 1 2 4 3 5
BC QUATSINO LIGHTSTATION 0.12 0.32 -0.38 0.38 -0.24 3 2 5 1 4
BC QUINSAM RIVER HATCHERY 0.3 0.35 0.23 0.54 -0.21 3 2 4 1 5
BC RICHMOND NATURE PARK 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.37 -0.1 4 3 2 1 5
BC SAANICHTON CDA 0.27 0.38 0.31 0.58 -0.3 4 2 3 1 5
BC SALMON ARM A 0.32 -0.38 0.6 1.03 0.24 3 5 2 1 4
BC SALTSPRING ST MARYS L 0.29 0.34 0.48 0.7 0.15 4 3 2 1 5
BC SANDSPIT A 0.3 0.28 -0.01 0.47 -0.3 2 3 4 1 5
BC SARDIS 0.21 0.09 -0.26 0.16 -1.96 1 3 4 2 5
BC SEWALL MASSET INLET 0.13 0.4 -0.14 0.29 -0.33 3 1 4 2 5
BC SHAWNIGAN LAKE 0.5 0.36 0.22 0.78 -0.07 2 3 4 1 5
BC SMITHERS A 0.58 -0.12 0.26 0.66 0.14 2 5 3 1 4
BC SOUTH SLOCAN 0.77 0.38 0.97 1.27 -0.4 3 4 2 1 5
BC SPARWOOD 0.18 -0.48 0.43 0.77 0.12 3 5 2 1 4
BC SPOKIN LAKE 4E 0.04 -0.21 0.38 0.47 -0.16 3 5 2 1 4
BC SQUAMISH UPPER 0.47 -0.3 0.08 0.44 -0.12 1 5 3 2 4
BC STEWART A 0.16 0.09 0.1 0.38 -0.36 2 4 3 1 5
BC STUIE TWEEDSMUIR LODGE -0.01 0.01 0.28 0.64 0.04 5 4 2 1 3
BC SUSKWA VALLEY 0.27 -0.47 0.06 0.54 -0.68 2 4 3 1 5
BC TERRACE A 0.47 0.25 0.07 0.62 -0.08 2 3 4 1 5
BC TERRACE PCC 0.53 0.44 0.43 0.95 0.2 2 3 4 1 5
BC TOFINO A 0.36 0.49 0.07 0.69 0.13 3 2 5 1 4
BC TOPLEY LANDING 0.64 -0.04 0.38 0.96 0.18 2 5 3 1 4
BC VANCOUVER HARBOUR CS 0.3 0.62 0.32 0.22 -0.1 3 1 2 4 5
BC VANCOUVER INTL A 0.34 0.38 0.37 0.72 0.19 4 2 3 1 5
BC VANDERHOOF 0.23 -0.33 0.35 0.57 0.05 3 5 2 1 4
BC VAVENBY 0.38 -0.11 0.66 0.82 0.61 4 5 2 1 3
BC VERNON BELLA VISTA 0 -0.21 0.47 0.81 0.08 4 5 2 1 3
BC VICTORIA INTL A 0.15 0.5 0.43 0.78 0.06 4 2 3 1 5
BC WARDNER KTNY HATCHERY 0.62 0.07 0.79 1.07 1.28 4 5 3 2 1
BC WASA -0.16 -0.13 0.86 1.09 0.54 5 4 2 1 3
BC WESTWOLD 0.48 -0.07 0.94 0.9 0.2 3 5 1 2 4
BC WHISTLER 0.48 0.34 0.58 0.88 0.08 3 4 2 1 5
BC WILLIAM HEAD 0.36 0.58 0.68 0.9 0.3 4 3 2 1 5
BC WILLIAMS LAKE A 0.53 -0.16 0.51 0.7 0.22 2 5 3 1 4
BC WINFIELD 0.56 0.04 0.85 1.11 0.6 4 5 2 1 3

Climate Science: The Constructing Explanations Phase

Published on by sunshinehours11 Comment

I was reading a transcript of an interview with Hans von Storch on P Gosselin’s blog today.

In terms of my understanding of what is going on in climate “science”, he really hit the nail on the head.

“Q: Can the cause of the cold winters be identified?

HvS: One has to ask why are such explanations first found after the event appears.It indeed would have been much nicer if someone had said already in the year 2000: By the way, you have to expect harder winters in Europe because the Arctic ice is retreating in the summer. This claim today then would have been far more convincing. But it was the other way around: We noticed that something strange had happened, and then an explanation was constructed. Other explanations would also be possible.”

Bingo!!!

Climate Science in the 1980s and 1990s and 2000s made all kinds of predictions about coming doom and gloom. To use one example they predicted less sea ice at both poles. The problem for climate science is that Antarctic Sea  Ice grew! So what happened? Someone wrote a paper with a constructed explanation for why it happened (based on a joke of a climate model usually). There are dozens of other “explanations” that have come out recently to explain why there is more snow or less snow or more rain or less rain depending on which previous prediction existed.

What is really happening is that climate scientists are just making these explanations up because us “deniers” have been mocking them and making them look really really stupid. So scientists being well funded by the AGW industry have started constructing explanations to attack the deniers attacks on the old stupid obviously wrong predictions climate scientists made in the past.

So … we are now in the Constructing Explanations Phase of climate science. In essence they are trying to cover up their horrible predictions with bogus excuses.

 

 

 

 

 

HADCRUT4 Gridded Feb 2013 – Europe was COLDER than 1961-1990!!!

Published on by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Using HADCRUT4 Gridded data for Feb 2013 , I thought it would be useful to map the 5×5 grid squares colder than 1961-1990.

For some strange reason HADCRUT4 uses the archaic 1961-1990 period as the baseline, rather than the accepted 1981-2010.

Please click on the maps to make them bigger. And make sure you get them to go full size. I made them pretty big (3200 x 2000 pixels).

The number in the boxes is the temperature difference between the 1961-90 average and Feb 2013.

Notice that most of Western Europe was colder than 1961-1990!!!!!!!

Why only the cold squares? Because the HADCRUT4 page colr choices tends to minimize the cold areas. And because I can.

HAD4_Grid_February_2013_v2

Nunavut (Canada’s Arctic) Temperature Falling From -8C to -12C Per Decade For Last 3 years

Published on by sunshinehours110 Comments

Yes Canada’s Arctic has warmed. I blogged about it most recently here. Many stations have a big spike around 2010.

What has happened since then?

I looked at Nunavut stations with Normals (anomalies) calculated by Environment Canada that have data for the last 3 years. (Most recent Nunavut Data Here. I’m looking at stations with data in column D)

Temperature is falling. From -8C to -12C per decade. Amazing.

Sure. Only 3 years. But did anyone else tell you this news? (Click to make bigger)

Last 3 Years - RANKIN INLET A - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - KUGLUKTUK A - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - FOX FIVE - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - EUREKA - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - DEWAR LAKES - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - CORAL HARBOUR A - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - CAPE HOOPER - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - CAMBRIDGE BAY A - Environment Canada as of February 2013 Last 3 Years - BAKER LAKE A - Environment Canada as of February 2013

HADCRUT3 Dec 2012 – Colder Than 1939,1981,1979,1987 etc – 18th Coldest

Published on by sunshinehours11 Comment

HADCRUT3 for Dec 2012 is out.

Dec 1939 was .112C warmer. And 1979 was warmer. And 1981. And 1987.

Notice how 2010, 2011 and 2012 are at the bottom of this list. Three cold Decembers in a row.

Here is the list of Decembers warmer or equal to Dec 2012.

year Dec
1997 0.533
2003 0.523
2006 0.523
1998 0.444
2009 0.427
2004 0.376
2005 0.37
1939 0.345
1979 0.33
2002 0.328
1999 0.327
2008 0.327
1987 0.326
2001 0.321
2010 0.267
2011 0.249
1981 0.238
2012 0.233

Canada – Dec 2012 – 25 Coldest Stations – Whitehorse was 13.2C colder than normal

Published on by sunshinehours12 Comments

Update: See comments. Whitehorse was closer to -7C  to -8C colder than normal. Still top 3 in Canada for December 2012.

 

These are the 25 coldest stations (of the ones Environment Canada thinks are worth calculating anomalies for) in Canada for Dec 2012. The anomaly is calculated from the 1971-2000 normals.

13.2C colder than normal for Whitehorse Airport. Yukon data scraped from here.

Any mention in the news? You would think it would make the news wouldn’t you?

Stn Name Prov Anomaly in C
WHITEHORSE A YT -13.2
MAYO ROAD YT -8.6
FORT ST JOHN A BC -8
CHETWYND A BC -6.6
GRANDE PRAIRIE A ALTA -6.6
ATLIN BC -6.3
WHITECOURT A ALTA -5.8
PEACE RIVER A ALTA -5.7
FORT SASKATCHEWAN ALTA -5.6
CAMPSIE ALTA -5.5
CRAIGMYLE ALTA -5.4
CAMROSE ALTA -5
TOFIELD NORTH ALTA -5
EDMONTON WOODBEND ALTA -4.9
GRAND RAPIDS HYDRO MAN -4.9
SIMONETTE ALTA -4.7
EDMONTON STONY PLAIN ALTA -4.6
HAY RIVER A NWT -4.5
DAKOTA WEST ALTA -4.3
PLEASANT CAMP BC -3.9
VEGREVILLE ALTA -3.9
COWAN MAN -3.9
FORESTBURG PLANT SITE ALTA -3.7
LAST MOUNTAIN CS SASK -3.7
KINDERSLEY A SASK -3.7

Canada – Grid Square Choices – 5×5 = Warming and 1×1 = Cooling

Published on by sunshinehours11 Comment

Update: There are 54 5×5 grid squares in Canada with EC normals with 170 datapoints in the last 15 years. 29 are warming and 25 are cooling.

There are 199 1×1 grid squares using the same data. 116 are cooling and 83 are warming.

——————-

Previously I have looked at the 15 year trend for Environment Canada data up to Nov 2012 using 1×1 grids here, and 5×5 grids here.

Using 1×1 grid squares,  Canada is cooling at -0.089C / decade.

Using 5×5 grid squares, Canada is warming at 0.053C / decade.

Don’t the big guys like to use 5×5 grids? What a shock.

Maps for 5×5 and 1×1 below.

map_L5_Grid_Square_Non_Proportional_2012_11 map_L0_Grid_Square_Non_Proportional_2012_11