Temperatures In Alaska Plummeting Since 2002

14 Responses to Temperatures In Alaska Plummeting Since 2002

1. Latitude says:

   June 22, 2011 at 12:38 am

   There are too many blue bars on that thing……..
   …I’ll stay right here on this rock out in the ocean thank you

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   • suyts says:

     June 22, 2011 at 5:18 am

     Anywhere but there……. north side of hell as far as I’m concerned. I can’t imagine ’99. I was there for the blue bars of 88-92.

     That said, isn’t it interesting how Steve has found all of these step changes starting in and around 2002.

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2. Andy WeissDC says:

   June 22, 2011 at 12:41 am

   Again, you insist on cherry picking. Any first grader knows that weather did not exist before 1979 (due to unreliable data before satellites) nor has it existed since 1998 (due to jet stream disruption and global wierding).

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3. gator69 says:

   June 22, 2011 at 12:54 am

   What happened to all that warm weather Alaskans enjoyed three decades ago? Is this related to North Carolina sinking?

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   • Grumpy Grampy ;) says:

     June 22, 2011 at 11:53 am

     YES!!!!

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4. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   June 22, 2011 at 5:01 am

   You could see the Russian heat from there.

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   • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

     June 22, 2011 at 5:01 am

     ;O)

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5. Richard Todd says:

   June 22, 2011 at 5:12 am

   Thank you Steve for keeping up with all the warmist drivel, I don’t have the time or energy but enjoy the condensed version that you provide.

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6. Neven says:

   June 22, 2011 at 7:07 am

   Wow, that’s great, a graph from March 2009. Do you have one with 2009, 2010 and 2011 as well?

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   • Jimbo says:

     June 22, 2011 at 10:02 am

     2011 would be a stretch due to mean annual temperature departure.

     From the Alaska Climate Research Center [1949 – 2009]

     “The figure shows the temperature departure from the long-term mean (1949-2009) for all stations. It can be seen that there are large variations from year to year and the 5-year moving average demonstrates large increase in 1976. The period 1949 to 1975 was substantially colder than the period from 1977 to 2009, however since 1977 little additional warming has occurred in Alaska with the exception of Barrow and a few other locations”
     http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/ClimTrends/Change/TempChange.html

     As you can see the recent warming trend is over.

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     • Neven says:

       June 22, 2011 at 11:47 am

       Thanks, Jimbo, that graph is already much more complete than the one above.

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     • Paul H says:

       June 22, 2011 at 12:18 pm

       Be careful about the likes of Barrow as well Jimbo.

       Population there has increased from about 300 in 1970 to about 5000 now. Research suggests that there is now significant UHI effect there of maybe 2C in winter.

       http://www.geography.uc.edu/~kenhinke/uhi/HinkelEA-IJOC-03.pdf

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     • P.J. says:

       June 22, 2011 at 12:57 pm

       Gee … Alaska exhibits 30 year cycles of cooling and warming corresponding with the PDO. The warming ended in 2008 when the PDO switched to its negative phase. Who would have thunk it? 🙂

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   • stevengoddard says:

     June 22, 2011 at 1:32 pm

     No, I don’t work at the University of Alaska.

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