Author Archives: Tony Heller

Arctic sea ice volume melt is slightly faster than two days ago, and my new projection for an ice-free Arctic is August 23 at 11:58 am. Spreadsheet    Data Some people may question my methodology, but it is the standard methodology of … Continue reading →

Joe Bastardi weighs in. Evening update : Afternoon update.  Keith accepted my offer two hours ago, and is already looking for excuses to back out. ROFL. Steve Goddard on Twitter: “I’m ready to debate any time. When are we going … Continue reading →

Since the year 1900, July 16 maximum temperatures at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin have dropped nearly five degrees, with a sharp drop beginning about ten years ago. Today’s forecast is 83 degrees, which is about four degrees below the long … Continue reading →

It has been twenty years since France won the World Cup. Fifteen years ago, France was  just about to enter a heat wave which killed thousands of people.  I was freezing on the beach at Christchurch, England during early July … Continue reading →

A recent meeting of climate experts in Bonn, West Germany, produced the unanimous conclusion that the change in global weather patterns poses a severe threat to agriculture that could lead to major crop failures and mass starvation. Climate Changes Endanger … Continue reading →

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper. George Orwell Last year, all of our usual fake news sources were touting the Petermann glacier in Greenland as a poster child for climate … Continue reading →

Just back from an evening ride to NCAR, and met a few friends along the way. I’m trying to figure out what to do with this guy, who seems to have gotten himself into a bind.

On July 15, 1936 the average maximum temperature around the US was 96 degrees. It was 118 degrees in Missouri, 115 in Kansas, 114 in Oklahoma, 113 in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and South Dakota, and 111 in Minnesota and Kentucky,