Daily Archives: May 28, 2015

This weather vane wonders why I look like Toto This guy believes that a 12 month mean will give you  different number depending on which order the months are averaged.

The president is not only an expert at skeet shooting, but also at hurricane forecasting. Tropical Storm ANDRES Forecast Discussion h/t Ryan Maue

Like Katherine Hayhoe, White House science advisor Al Sharpton believes that Texas flooding is due to man’s sins (carbon or otherwise.) But transitions from drought to flood are normal for Texas, as occurred in 1918, 1952, 1957, and many other … Continue reading →

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Since 1979, Antarctic sea ice has increased by the same amount as Arctic sea ice has decreased Prior to 1979, Arctic sea ice increased by the same amount as Antarctic ice decreased. NSIDC cleverly truncates the pre-1979 data, because it … Continue reading →

The three year mean of May 25 global sea ice area is at a record high. This indicates a persistent increase in the amount of sea ice on Earth.  arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008

Through May 25, the frequency of 90 degree days in the US is second lowest on record. The only year that was cooler was 1983, which was cooled by the eruption of El Chichón.