Real Climate Science

There are 23 HCN stations in Iowa which have been continuously active since at least 1930. All of them set their record temperature in either 1901, 1930, 1934 or 1936.

Station name	 State	 Station Number	Date    ºC
ALBIA 3 NNE      IA	 USC00130112	1934.68	45
ALGONA 3 W       IA	 USC00130133	1930.67	43.3
BELLE PLAINE     IA	 USC00130600	1936.71	43.9
CHARLES CITY     IA	 USC00131402	1901.63	42.2
CLARINDA         IA	 USC00131533	1934.68	45.6
CLINTON #1       IA	 USC00131635	1936.61	42.8
ESTHERVILLE 4E   IA	 USC00132724	1930.65	42.2
FAIRFIELD        IA	 USC00132789	1936.62	45.6
FAYETTE          IA	 USC00132864	1901.64	43.3
FOREST CITY NNE  IA	 USC00132977	1936.61	42.2
FT DODGE 5NNW    IA	 USC00132999	1936.61	43.3
INDIANOLA 2W     IA	 USC00134063	1934.68	45
IOWA FALLS       IA	 USC00134142	1936.61	43.9
LE MARS          IA	 USC00134735	1936.62	43.9
LOGAN            IA	 USC00134894	1936.64	47.2
MT AYR           IA	 USC00135769	1936.64	44.4
MT PLEASANT SSW  IA	 USC00135796	1936.62	45.6
NEW HAMPTON      IA	 USC00135952	1936.61	43.3
ROCK RAPIDS      IA	 USC00137147	1936.59	43.9
ROCKWELL CITY    IA	 USC00137161	1936.71	43.3
STORM LAKE 2 E   IA	 USC00137979	1930.67	42.8
TOLEDO 3N        IA	 USC00138296	1901.63	42.8
WASHINGTON       IA	 USC00138688	1936.62	45

Western Arctic sea ice coverage is higher than 1981, 1982, 1987, 1993, 1995 …….

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“Having seen the September 1938 analog should somewhat humble us, and remind us that nature has a way of delivering without human intervention in the climate system,” says Martin Hoerling, a research meteorologist at NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo. “Climate change is operating, there’s no question about that, and water vapor has gone up,” but in this instance, climate change “really wasn’t a factor.”

Were Colorado floods result of global warming? Probably not. (+video) – CSMonitor.com

I pointed this out to Hoerling a couple of weeks ago, and it seems to have finally sunk in.

h/t to  JunkScience.com

Snow is not a thing of the past. The Arctic is not ice free. Manhattan is not underwater. The human race has not starved to death. Tornadoes have not increased. Hurricanes have not increased. Sea level rise has not accelerated and temperatures have been flat for the past 17 years.

Nobody knows how or when the climate will change, and anyone who says they do is a modern day snake oil salesman.

Green shows ice gain since September 18. Red shows ice loss.

Arctic Sea-Ice Monitor

Next map shows the huge increase in western Arctic ice since this date last year.

Video: Navy Yard shooting: FBI releases footage of Aaron Alexis stalking victims – Telegraph

This guy walked around the hallways shooting people for half an hour, and the military base was completely incapable of dealing with it. He should have been taken down within 30 seconds by someone with a rifle, except for the breathtaking stupidity of progressives.

Are humans responsible for the theoretical warming which would be happening if the world was actually warming?

1. Yes, the 0.00 degrees warming over the last 17 years is your fault
2. Regardless of what happens with the weather, skyrocketing electricity costs are still a good thing
3. Humans tampering with data have caused a tremendous amount of warming since the 1930s.
4. Obama says it is warming and it is America’s fault, and he wouldn’t lie
5. Only white, male heterosexuals are responsible
6. 1, 3 and 7

Starting in 1988, strong winter winds caused lots of thicker older ice to be pushed out into the North Atlantic. This went on for almost a decade and caused the volume of ice to decline by 50%. Thinner ice melts more easily in the summer, and the summer minimums were dropping until 2007.

2007 brought very strong southerly winds all summer and into following winter. That pushed a lot more ice out the Arctic. The amount of multi-year ice has been increasing since 2009.

2012’s melt season started with southerly winds in the Beaufort Sea opening a large hole in the ice. This absorbed a lot of sunlight in June and July, which warmed the water. When a large winter storm struck in Early August, the warm water mixed with the remaining ice and melted out the Beaufort Sea very quickly.

The winter of 2012-2013 saw a sharp turnaround – the ice pushed from the vulnerable east to the safe western side of the Arctic, and was followed by a very cold summer. If this pattern continues for a couple more years, ice will be almost back to “normal” and will stop screaming at Mark Serreze.

What does all this have to do with CO2? Nothing.

Rush: Cruz ‘Freedom Fighter’ Fighting for ‘Soul of His Party’

I ride my bike everywhere, work out every day, never watch television, eat only small quantities of very healthy food – and haven’t had to use health insurance or car insurance for decades. Not to mention the thousands of dollars I save in automobile costs.

80% of US health care costs could be avoided by lifestyle changes, which would also improve people’s quality of life.

Healthy lifestyle vs. Obamination. Tough call.