The summer of 1913 saw heat in the US unlike any other summer. Hansen and his team of climate deniers have claimed that July 2011 was the hottest month in Oklahoma history, but it wasn’t even close in Oklahoma City.
Meeker Oklahoma USHCN Temperatures Month Year Average Max Mean Average Min August 1913 106.4 89.5 72.2 August 1936 105.8 90.1 73.7 July 2011 101.9 89.0 75.6
Meeker is the closest USHCN station to Oklahoma City. Daytime temperatures were much higher in both 1913 and 1936, and mean temperatures were higher in both 1913 and 1936.
August 1913 had five consecutive days over 110 and a total of 22 days over 110. August 1936 had six consecutive days over 110. By comparison, July, 2011 had zero days over 110 degrees. 1913 and 1936 were both much hotter than 2011.
1913 was also the year that California set the hottest temperature ever measured this side of the Atlantic – 134F. High temperatures averaged 129F during the second week in July, 1913.
docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-01-0010.pdf
According to Hansen, every year since 2000 has been hotter in the US than 1913, and he claims that 2011 style heatwaves were impossible below 350 PPM. Clearly he has no clue what he is talking about.
Did Hansen mix up Greenland Ranch with Greenland the ice covered island?
That might explain his delusions.
Einstein said – “The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits”.
Keep up the great work, Steve.
Thanks!
1914:
“FOREST FIRES IN RUSSIA.
GREATEST HEAT FOR FIFTY YEARS.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 14.
There is now being experienced here the greatest continuous heat known for half a century.
Monster forest fires are raging in every direction, and the effect of the drought on the crops is causing general anxiety.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/6425621
~16 July 1914