There has been no change in Texas January-May rainfall over the past century.
The percent of days receiving more than 5 cm rainfall hasn’t changed
There has been a slight, but meaningless increase in heaviest rainfall events. Most of the 20+ cm rainfall events occurred before 1960
Texas temperatures aren’t changing. They are about the same as they were in the 19th century
The Texas climate is not changing. All of the delusions of Katherine Hayhoe and Andrew Dessler are based on what they want to see, not on what is actually happening.
Reblogged this on Daily Browse.
Gees Sg, you shouldn’t have shown that last graph, now one of the climate tragics will come out saying something like …
“Massive warning in latter part of last century !”
Steve – I agree that the modest increase in the heaviest one-day rainfall events in Texas is largely meaningless. But please tell me why this graph is somewhat different than the one you published on May 30 … https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2015/05/30/no-increase-in-heaviest-rain-in-texas/
Be sure to check out this article by Dylan Baddour in the Houston Chronicle. I can’t believe the number of factual errors he packed into this thing. My favorite?
“the tiny town of Eagle, Alaska, on the Canadian border halfway between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, felt higher temperatures on May 23 than Houston has in all of 2015.”
On May 23, Eagle, Alaska was 89 degrees. Houston hit 89 a week before that on May 16. For a reporter, writing about climate requires the shortest memory imaginable.
http://www.chron.com/news/science-environment/article/Strange-NASA-map-shows-Alaska-was-hotter-than-6302359.php
It’s getting warmer here in west texas after many cold, wet weeks in a row, following a normal winter with little snow. Lakes are low in most places that need the rain, but others are average, and a couple are full. Our yard is green, and our neighbor has weeds.
Work is slowing after a good, long boom period. Some people are leaving, while others are staying. Some companies are still booming, others are bust. Our office building is full, the one next door is nearly vacant.
life goes on after an economic – or a weather – boom.