Monthly Archives: August 2017

Get your new ghcn.py here  (Mac/Linux users) and ghcn.exe here  (Windows users) The bug was causing successive plots to degrade. Please update to the new version and overwrite the old files.

Peak, minimum, and maximum temperatures are declining. 1967 had the largest temperature range, and 1968 had the smallest.

The frequency of hot days and cold nights is decreasing, as is the average daily temperature range.  In other words, the climate is getting less extreme.

August 14 temperatures peaked in the US in 1936, then plummeted to a record low in 2004. The heatwave of August 14, 1936 killed many people and brought temperatures up to 120 degrees. 14 Aug 1936, 3 – Salt Lake … Continue reading →

There is more ice than the area of Texas and temperatures are below freezing, but it is all going to melt in the next two weeks. And if you don’t believe it, you are an evil fossil fuel funded denier … Continue reading →

According to the best data set in the world, the frequency of hot days has been plummeting in the US. Climate experts have quite predictably been brushing off my frequency of hot days plots, saying that it isn’t a good … Continue reading →

I just moved the UNHIDING link over to Google Drive.

Download HIDING.zip to a directory where you have at least 400MB disk space. It contains the entire US temperature record. The python source code is here. Unzip it cd to the HIDING\release directory in a command prompt window. Run it … Continue reading →