Author Archives: Tony Heller

21 May 2012 Forecasters predict barbecue summer to rival 2003 But the good news continued as long-range forecasters predicted a baking summer comparable with 2003 – which saw Britain’s all-time record 38.5C (101.3F) temperature – and 2006, the hottest on … Continue reading →

The press is hysterical about forest fires this year, but the National Interagency Fire center shows that 2012 has had the fewest fires from January 1 through July 11 of any year since 2003. There have been half as many … Continue reading →

15 Dec 1854 – ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN NEWS. h/t to Ivan

10 May 1892 – DROUGHT IN MEXICO. Widespread Destitution. LONDO… Twitter / billmckibben: savage drought in n. mexic h/t to Ivan

GISS trends have been below Hansen’s Scenario C (the “zero emissions after the year 2000” scenario ) for 168 months in a row. The odds of this happening by chance are 2^168 or 3.4028236692093846346337460743177e+38 to one.

And did you also alter the temperature in the hearing room that day? … What we did it was went in the night before and opened all the windows, I will admit, right? So that the air conditioning wasn’t working … Continue reading →

January 4, 2008 This drought may never break IT MAY be time to stop describing south-eastern Australia as gripped by drought and instead accept the extreme dry as permanent, one of the nation’s most senior weather experts warned yesterday. “Perhaps … Continue reading →

The graph below plots US PMDI (Palmer Modified Drought Index) vs. atmospheric CO2. Lower numbers indicate more severe drought. As you can see, more CO2 correlates with less drought. The most severe droughts occurred with CO2 at a very safe … Continue reading →

Twitter / billmckibben: savage drought in n. mexic Northern Mexico is expecting 2-10 inches of rain over the next two weeks. 10-Day Precipitation Outlook for Mexico & the Caribbean h/t to Marc Morano