Monthly Archives: August 2018

I’m looking at what has caused the spike in temperatures in Canada the last five years. There are only 85 stations in Canada which were active in both 1950 and 2017, and many of these have intermittent data during that … Continue reading →

National Geographic published this map in 1971, showing the extent of Arctic sea ice at the end of summer. 1971 We are nearing the end of summer, and the ice in some regions is more extensive now than it was … Continue reading →

August 13th afternoon temperatures have plummeted in the US over the past century, as has the frequency of hot days.   On this date one hundred years ago, almost the entire US east of the Rocky Mountains was over 90 … Continue reading →

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts Richard Feynman Tamino has acknowledged that my graphs are accurate, but says the data has to be tampered with because of changes in average station latitude. He also says we … Continue reading →

Ten years ago this week, I wrote an article in The Register titled “Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered. Arctic ice refuses to melt as ordered • The Register All of the world’s leading experts were predicting the North … Continue reading →

Japan is a small country with a very high population density, dominated by large cities like Tokyo. Most of the GHCN stations there are urban, and show a strong summer warming trend since the 1950’s. There was a large jump … Continue reading →

NSIDC shows almost no change in Arctic sea ice extent since yesterday. Index of /DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/images/2018/08_Aug/ My current projection for an ice-free Arctic is October 24, at 1:02 PM. Spreadsheet    Data