Real Climate Science

Arctic sea ice extent was at or near a decadal high for most of the last two months of 2014, and after a brief hiatus (and sensor error yesterday) is back near that position again.

Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

The official Obama propaganda outlets use imagery like this to describe the “record heat” of 2014

Satellites show that last year wasn’t anywhere near a record year globally, but one country which did record its warmest average temperature was France.

However, it wasn’t hot in France last year. Summer maximum temperatures were just about average. The “heat” was actually mild temperatures in other seasons.

France had very few hot days last year.

Record daily temperatures in France peaked in the 1950’s, and there have been very few since the 2003 heatwave.

During the heatwave of 1947, Paris set its all-time record of 104.7 degrees. (Wikipedia incorrectly lists this as being 1948)

And Paris also reached 104 degrees in  1765.

31 Jan 1925 – WORLD’S HEAT RECORD

h/t Andy Oz

The weather in France is getting milder, not hotter. If global warming is affecting them, it is making their climate better.

Pause Over Within 10 Years Says NASA’s Schmidt

The number of 100 degree days at Sydney peaked in 1926, and has been declining since 1980

I forecast that Barack Obama will use Gavin’s fake “hottest year ever” in his SOTU address tomorrow evening, as part of the President’s ongoing efforts to seize control of the US energy sector.

Global Warming: The Most Dishonest Year on Record

I will be watching Liverpool-Chelsea and then American Sniper, as I have already heard enough Obama lies for a thousand lifetimes.

Hansen says UHI is 0.1 degrees.

Hansen and Lebedeff (1987) estimate that urban effects cause a warming of about 0.1°C/century on global average

Surface Air Temperature Analyses

Every night the weather forecaster says “and a few degrees cooler in outlying areas”  – typically 20 to 40 times larger than Hansen claims.

So what does UHI look like at an actual station? Midsummer temperatures in Sydney show a very strong UHI signature. Maximum temperatures have declined over the past 150 years, while minimum temperatures have risen sharply.

 This probably has something to do with being located adjacent to 20 lanes of asphalt.

The experts adjust for other factors very aggressively, but the one thing they should be adjusting for – UHI – they simply write off.

In Saudi Arabia, you get 1,000 lashes and jail time for blogging against the official line of propaganda. Jim Hunt has proposed that skeptics be jailed in the United States.

Jim says my forecast of 2014 Arctic ice extent close to 2006 was incorrect.

Republicans are trying to find solutions of their own to climate change instead of just attacking President Obama’s environmental policies, but the party hasn’t been able to agree on specific plans or policies.

Now in control of Congress, some Republicans are beginning to think that simply throwing bombs at the Environmental Protection Agency and Obama’s regulations won’t work any longer, staffers on Capitol Hill say. Instead, they believe they must develop their own ideas on how to combat climate change, especially to help moderate GOP senators up for re-election in 2016. Nine Senate Republicans are on the ballot in states Obama carried at least once, and House districts that were safe in midterm races likely will be tighter in the general election.

GOP looks to take a position on climate change, but how? | WashingtonExaminer.com

That strategy worked really well for Newt.

The Guardian is very upset that the wealth of poor people has tripled over the past 15 years

New Oxfam report says half of global wealth held by the 1% | Business | The Guardian

This explains why they want carbon taxes, which will help the rich and devastate the poor.