Daily Archives: May 11, 2014

We are getting very heavy snow here in Northern Colorado. I expect that in a few hours there will be tree branches down every where.

If you have ever used a min/max thermometer, you are aware of the time of observation bias problem. It is not a subtle problem. Suppose you reset your thermometer at 3 pm, and the temperature is 60F. At 4 pm a … Continue reading →

I tried a better approach to the USHCN code. Previously I was averaging all monthly temperatures from all stations in a given year together. The problem with this is that some months have more station data than others, and is made … Continue reading →

Around 40 years ago, The Guardian wrote a story about Los Alamos – which said it was the location of the first atomic bomb test. My mother wrote a letter to the editor : We have lived in Los Alamos a long … Continue reading →