Author Archives: Tony Heller

There was no winter in the Midwest in 1878. (h/t TedL) 19 Mar 1878, Page 2 – Star Tribune at Newspapers.com January/February, 1878 may have also been the hottest on record in Southeast Australia. 02 Feb 1878 – YARRAWONGA. – … Continue reading →

(14) Tony Heller on Twitter: “@David_Leavitt 

The melt season in the Arctic has crashed and burned several weeks early. At least for now … Index of /DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/images/2019/08_Aug/ Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | Arctic Sea Ice News and … Continue reading →

There are only a small handful of stations in Australia with good long term daily temperature records. One is at the Richmond, Queensland Post Office. That station shows no January/February warming since the 19th century. Summer temperatures there closely correlate … Continue reading →

A plant physiologist who got caught trying to pass bad data, is described by the press as being “a top climate scientist.” Top climate change scientist quits USDA, says Trump administration tried to bury his study | TheHill

Bourke, NSW is one of less than a dozen stations in Australia with a good long term daily temperature record in the GHCN database. Bourke reached 120F three times from 1878 to 1906, and never got that hot again. Maximum … Continue reading →

I was looking at the entire temperature record for Australia this morning, and noticed two very hot temperatures in 2019. NOAA reports 123F at Warra, Tasmania on January 30, 60F on January 31, and 124F on February 1. Warra is … Continue reading →