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The first six months of 2014 were the second coldest on record in Illinois. Changing station composition (loss of rural stations) likely skews recent temperatures too high. NOAA adjusts for these spuriously high temperatures, by making them even higher through the … Continue reading →

Anthony Watts wrote over on his site that I said Goddard initially claimed 40% of the STATIONS were missing This is the line Anthony is referring to, from his original E-mail This claim: “More than 40% of USHCN final station data … Continue reading →

A national tax on anything that produces carbon emissions — gasoline, airplanes and coal-burning power plants — is the goal of the new Kentucky chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, an international nonprofit group seeking to curb global warming. Carbon tax … Continue reading →

 Obama lambastes climate change deniers as ‘radical fringe’ in California speech ANAHEIM, Calif.: Obama lambastes climate change deniers as ‘radical fringe’ in California speech | White House | McClatchy DC According to the latest Pew Poll, only 40% of Americans … Continue reading →

With the borders open for terrorists to walk across, government paramilitary units are invading 124 American homes per night Nestled awkwardly among the usual guff, the outrage website Salon this week took a welcome flyer and accorded space to something … Continue reading →

Last year, temperatures north of 80N were below normal every single day, and so far a repeat in 2014. It is difficult to make the Arctic ice free with a melt season of four weeks at 1ºC. COI | Centre … Continue reading →

I just took an amazing walk through the forest and got to a clearing where there were probably a thousand fireflies flashing every second, against an almost pitch black background. Simply incredible sight. Like the 4th of July. It is … Continue reading →

According to the USHCN V1 docs, they were done adjusting after 1990. ts.ushcn_anom25_diffs_urb-raw_pg.gif (650×502) According to the V2 specs, they use the same TOBS algorithm as in V1. So it seems safe to assume that stations with no missing data … Continue reading →

I have been emphasizing the difference between commercial and government software. Commercial software goes through constant review. Mine gets reviewed 2-3 times a day by my boss. Government software on the other hand has no quality control. Consider the Obamacare web … Continue reading →

Zeke just can’t grasp what he is doing wrong. Around 1990, USHCN started losing a lot of mainly rural stations. Using their clever infilling and gridding, they turned those disappearing stations into urban stations – which created a huge spurious … Continue reading →