Monthly Archives: August 2018

From August 8-28, 1936, Lamar, Missouri was over 100 degrees every day, and averaged 105 degrees. Peak temperature was 113 degrees. During July/August 1936 Lamar averaged 102 degrees, compared to 89 degrees in July/August 2018.  Peak temperature in 1936 was … Continue reading →

Thirty two years ago, the New York Times predicted forty days per summer over 100 degrees in Washington D.C., and that New York would become sweltering hot without any beaches. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1986/06/30/issue.html The frequency of 100 degree days in the Washington … Continue reading →

Climate scientists acknowledge that CO2 follows rather than leads temperature, but they insist that feedback loops drive the transitions from glacial to interglacial conditions. Glacial cycles and carbon dioxide: A conceptual model Let’s see if that makes any sense,  by … Continue reading →

For the second year in a row, Greenland’s surface has gained far above normal amounts of ice. Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Budget: DMI For climate alarmists, reality is the enemy. So they scan the globe for any data point … Continue reading →

Griff’s point is correct, but is irrelevant in the context of my graphs. This is the graph as of August 22, 2018.  It is clear that 1936 was the hottest year. If instead of being 2018, this was 1910 – … Continue reading →

“films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” George Orwell, 1984

The latest graphing conspiracy theory is that shape of the graphs are affected by the fact that fewer stations report now than 30 years ago.  If I plot the same graphs for the set of all stations which were active … Continue reading →

Climate scientists have located the last ice in the Arctic, and say it is melting. Arctic’s strongest sea ice breaks up for first time on record | World news | The Guardian With the Arctic full of ice, they had … Continue reading →

Every time I post a graph showing temperature records, all kinds of wild theories are made claiming that early years show more records simply because they are early.  This is complete nonsense. The algorithm below is the basis of the … Continue reading →