Monthly Archives: September 2014

Bookmark this classic 1995 article in the Canberra Times. This guy had the entire scam nailed from day one. To conclude that CO2 emissions are a threat to the environment would be doubtful and premature. Only a closer examination of the … Continue reading →

By: Seth Borenstein The Associated Press, Published on Tue Sep 02 2014 WASHINGTON—As the world gets warmer, parts of North America, Europe and Asia could see more frequent and stronger visits of cold air, a new study says. Researchers say … Continue reading →

Long-lost satellite data reveal new insights to climate change Once stashed in warehouses in Maryland and North Carolina, images and video captured from orbit by some of NASA’s first environmental satellites in the mid-1960s are now yielding a trove of … Continue reading →

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The Bathurst, NSW gaol kept temperature records from 1858 to 1983. Temperatures declined steadily during that period, as did the frequency of 100 degree days – which used to be quite common.

 COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

January of 1896 was the hottest month in Australia’s history, with many consecutive days over 120 degrees at Gundabooka – near Bourke.  Mark Twain joked that it was very close to hell.   TimesMachine: August 18, 1896 – NYTimes.com Summer temperatures in … Continue reading →

Zeke insists that temperature anomalies will produce different patterns for the US than absolute temperatures. So I tried it out. The anomaly graph is almost identical. This is calculated by averaging the daily anomalies of the min/max thermometer readings from each station … Continue reading →

Days in Australia over 100 degrees used to be much more common. Australia’s hottest year was 1878.