Monthly Archives: September 2018

Based on current volume ice loss trends, I predict with 97% confidence the Arctic will be ice-free on July 29, 2021 at 11:42 AM. Spreadsheet    Data Ice loss this year was fourth lowest on record, with all of the lowest four … Continue reading →

As it stands right now, August 31 was the date of minimum sea ice extent in the MASIE record. This is the first year the minimum occurred during August.  The map below shows ice gain and loss since August 31. … Continue reading →

Roman soldiers would frequently bury their coins before they went off to war.  Many never returned  or couldn’t remember where their 0% interest bank was.  People with metal detectors find these stashes after 2,000 years of oxidation and sell them … Continue reading →

Thirty years ago this month I moved from Sedona to Houston.  Monster hurricane Gilbert was forming and headed towards Houston – after destroying my favorite town in Mexico. A few weeks earlier NASA’s James Hansen had predicted Lower Manhattan would … Continue reading →

Midwestern USHCN stations have recorded 17,772 June/July/August measurements over 100 degrees since 1895, including 2,624 in 1936 alone. This year there were only eight measurements over 100 degrees. The frequency and intensity of hot summer afternoons in the Midwest has plummeted … Continue reading →

CNN is very angry about the defeat of ISIS, ambassadors not being murdered in spontaneous YouTube protests, peace with North Korea, the end of the Cold War, the booming economy, peace on the streets of America, no cities being burned, … Continue reading →

On July 17, 1936, there was a large spread in temperatures across Nebraska, from 118 degrees at Hartington to 100 degrees at Kimball. Does this mean there was something wrong with the data?  Not at all – it was much … Continue reading →

The New York Times is blaming Roger Federer’s September 3rd loss on global warming.   Roger Federer Is Tough to Beat. Global Warming Might Have Pulled an Upset. – The New York Times It was the 10th warmest September 3 … Continue reading →

The National Climate Assessment has this graph, which shows how much hotter the US used to be. Temperature Changes in the United States – Climate Science Special Report But somehow they lost the very hot summer of 1988, when James … Continue reading →