The most intense hurricane in US history hit the Florida Keys on September 5, 1935. It was a very cool day across most of the US.
Compare vs. ten years earlier, when the southeastern US was extremely hot.
Conditions for Irma are very similar to 1935 with cool weather on the East Coast, and the forecast track for Irma is very similar to that of the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.
My old friend Dr. Ruth at DMI (who gets confused by image processing) blamed Hurricane Nicole for the large increase in Greenland ice over the past year.
Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2017 | Carbon Brief
In a move sure to confuse and infuriate Dr. Ruth, I put her theory to the test by eliminating all of the excess ice gain which occurred before November 1, 2016 in the green line below. The green line is identical to the blue line, except that it is shifted down to match the gray 1981-2010 mean line on November 1, 2016.
What the green line shows is that Greenland gained another 75 billion tons of excess ice after November 1. So another big fail for Dr. Ruth. Blaming Nicole simply isn’t going to work. Greenland gained excess ice all through the year, summer ended early, and there was lots of excess ice gain during August, 2017.
Using the standard climate science practice of applying a linear fit to one small portion of a cyclical waveform, I have determined that Earth will be completely covered with ice by the year 2030.
Florida used to average one hurricane per year, but now they average one hurricane every other year.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/All_U.S._Hurricanes.html
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
- Mark Twain
September 5 used to be a hot day in the US, but temperatures have plummeted since the 19th century
On this date in 1925, Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi all reached 110 degrees. Illinois and Tennessee were 109 degrees. Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri were 108 degrees. South Carolina was 107 degrees, Kansas was 106 degrees, Oklahoma was 104 degrees.
Compare vs. September 5, 2016 – the official NOAA/NASA hottest year ever.
