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Could Climate Change Have Caused the Polar Vortex?

Published on April 20, 2014April 20, 2014 by sunshinehours13 Comments

According to Time Magazine: “Climate change skeptics are pointing to the record cold weather as evidence that the globe isn’t warming. But it could be that melting Arctic ice is making sudden cold snaps more likely—not less”

Do you want to see what a cold snap really looks like according to the NOAA?

February 1936 – Coldest Month in USA History (click on the image for the full effect)

In 2014, Feb was -1.69°F below the 1901-2000 average. In February 1936 the USA was -8.59°F below average. Big difference.

In North Dakota, February 1936 was –26.0°F below the 1901-2000 average. The whole month averaged -14.1°F below 0.

In comparison, lets take a look at Feb 2014:

USA March 1910 versus March 2014 (according to the NOAA)

Published on April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

March 1910 (Before Global Warming) 7.94°F Above the 1901-2000 Average

Some of those divisions are 16F above normal.

March 2014 (After Global Warming) -0.99°F Below the 1901-2000 Average

http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/map/cag/#app=cdo

PS I just randomly picked 1934 without checking. And then I noticed 1910 … but I’ll post the 1934 map so it doesn’t go to waste.

March 1934 (Before Global Warming) 1.28°F Above the 1901-2000 Average

USA NOAA March 2014 – 43rd Coldest – Colder Than 1898,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1907 …

Published on April 15, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

According to the NOAA March 2014 was 43rd coldest out of 120 March’s.

That is the 2nd March in a row colder than the 1901-2000 average.

This is a partial list of the March’s warmer than 2014: 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 …

NOAA Precipitation Update as of Feb 2014 – Last 12 Months Were Normal

Published on April 13, 2014April 13, 2014 by sunshinehours16 Comments

I missed this when it came out last month, but according to the NOAA Precipitation for the 12 month period ending February 2014 was normal.

It was .19 inches above the 1901-2000 mean.

Wasn’t there supposed to be a permanent “Climate Change” drought?

Addendum: If you split the NOAA Climate History in two (March – February), these are the averages:

1895 – 1955 = 29.45 inches

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/pcp/12/02/1895-2014?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1896&lastbaseyear=1955

1956 – 2014 = 30.44

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/pcp/12/02/1895-2014?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1956&lastbaseyear=2014

One last one:

1980 – 2014 = 30.75 inches

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/00/pcp/12/02/1895-2014?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1980&lastbaseyear=2014

Climate Change … bringer of slightly more precipitation.

USA NOAA Feb 2014 – Some Divisions Were 11F Colder Than Normal

Published on March 13, 2014June 6, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

NOAA February 2014 Divisional Anomaly Map. Some Divisions were -11F colder than normal (1901-2000 mean)

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USA NOAA Feb 2014 – 37th Coldest

Published on March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

According to the NOAA February 2014 was 37th coldest February out of 120. 83 were warmer.

1954 and 1930 were the two warmest February’s.

Decembers in USA – Real Global Warming is 12F Up from 1909 to 1939

Published on January 18, 2014January 18, 2014 by sunshinehours14 Comments

A couple of days ago I did a post about December 2013 being the 21st coldest in USA history.

Do you want to know what real global warming looks like?

12 degrees Fahrenheit increase from 1909 to 1939.

NOAA USA – Why is February Such A Key Month?

Published on January 4, 2014January 4, 2014 by sunshinehours13 Comments

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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70 Novembers Were Warmer Than November 2013 in the USA Lower 48

Published on December 16, 2013December 16, 2013 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

According to the NOAA November 2013 was 49th warmest out of 119. The following 70 Novembers were warmer:

1899,1900,1901,1902,1904,1905,1908,1909,1912,1913,1914,1915,1917,1921,1922,1923,1924,1927,1928

and 1931,1933,1934,1939,1941,1942,1944,1945,1946,1948,1949,1953,1954,1958,1960,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1969

and 1971,1973,1974,1975,1977,1980,1981,1983,1984,1987,1988,1989,1990,1994,1995,1998,1999,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012

Only 4 states were “Above Normal”. Tennessee, for example, was over 3F below the 1901-2000 average and was 15th warmest out of 119.

USCRN TMax/Tmin/Tmean October 2013 – Russia is Warming at 225F / Century?

Published on December 7, 2013 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

The USCRN is the US Climate Research Network. I had not looked at the data in a little while. So I was confused by the state code of SA.

Well, it turned out that the NOAA has added a station in Tiksi, Russia. Which has been warming (Tmax) at 225F/century over the last 3 Octobers.

The USCRN has no stations in Connecticut or Delaware or New Jersey, but it now has one in Russia. Bizarre.

Anyway, the data is not that old, but here is the USCRN Tmax, Tmean and Tmin trends for October for most of the states in the USA and Tiksi.

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Tmax

Tmean

Tmin