Real Climate Science

3:35 PM · Aug 3, 2022

Rutgers University Climate Lab :: Global Snow Lab

California had their snowiest December on record last year.

9:58 AM · Dec 27, 2021

We had our snowiest day on record in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March 14, 2021.

Boulder, Colorado has had fifty-eight snowfalls over 12 inches since 1894. Thirteen of those snows occurred after the year 2005.

I took this picture on my front porch on November 26, 2019.

This was a few days earlier before the big snow came.

I took these pictures on the first day of summer 2019 west of Boulder.

Wolf Creek Ski Area in Southwest Colorado is at the headwaters of the Rio Grande.  They have had above normal snowfall for three of the last four years.

Wolf Creek Ski Area Snow History | OnTheSnow

Colorado had spectacular amounts of snow on the ground in March 2020, but the governor shut the ski areas down over fears about a virus.

Squaw Valley, California had their third snowiest ski season in 2019 and were skiing into July.

Third snowiest season in Squaw Valley history ends this weekend | TheUnion.com

It’s Official: Squaw Valley Received the Most Snowfall in the United States this Winter – Active NorCal

The three snowiest ski seasons at Squaw Valley occurred in 2011, 2017 and 2019.

2010-2014     2015-2019

The winter of 2016-2017 was the wettest on on record in California.

NWS: Northern California now on pace for ‘wettest water year on record’ – SFGate

In 1960, the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics almost had to be cancelled because of a lack of snow.

09 Feb 1960, Page 1 – The Berkshire Eagle at Newspapers.com

Droughts in California used to be much longer and much more severe.

Severe Ancient Droughts: A Warning to California – The New York Times

Duration and severity of Medieval drought in the Lake Tahoe Basin – ScienceDirect

EXCEPTIONAL YEARS: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FLOODS AND DROUGHT

Graphic: California’s droughts in the past 1,200 years – The Mercury News

Ancient Trees Reflect Century-Long Droughts : Environment: Analysis of stumps’ rings shows that dry spells can last far longer than the state has estimated, expert says. – latimes

16 Jun 1994, 3 – The Fresno Bee at Newspapers.com

Bloomberg says most of the west gets little rain in summer, but the wettest months in the southwest are July and August.

3:35 PM · Aug 3, 2022

Even California is getting rain this summer, which is unusual.

Accumulated Precipitation (GFS 10-day Forecast)

Bloomberg appears to be competing with CNN, BBC, NPR, NY Times and the Washington Post for the fakest climate news.

EOSDIS Worldview

How climate change turned summer into a season of disaster – The Washington Post

Heat this summer has bene just about average in the US.

Burn acreage in the US has been about one-tenth of burn acreage in 1930.

Lots of rain the forecast for the next ten days.

Accumulated Precipitation (GFS 10-day Forecast)

There have been no hurricanes this year. Byt this date in 1886 the US had already been hit by four.

Weather Street: 2022 Atlantic Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Liz Cheney says she will debate Mark Levin if he first stops disagreeing with her. She says anyone who disagrees with her is unprincipled.

7:17 PM · Aug 2, 2022

My neighbor Harriet Hageman has been doing a lot of work around her house recently. I’m guessing she is planning on having a big party in twelve days.

All fake news from the New York Times and Washington Post – all the time.

azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic: Phoenix and Arizona news

10:15 AM · Aug 4, 2022

Only 1% of Americans view global warming as their top priority.

Climate Change Legislation Stalls Amid Growing Inflation Concerns – The New York Times

Summers in Maricopa County have always been unbearable, but that hasn’t prevented it from becoming the fourth most populous county in the US.

30 Jun 1974, Page 31 – Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com

Maricopa County, Arizona – Wikipedia

The Great Salt Lake has been drying up for 170 years.

06 Aug 1902, 1 – The Idaho Statesman at Newspapers.com

29 Sep 1951 – “HERALD” SATURDAY MAGAZINE Glaciers, Icebergs Meit As World Gets Warmer – Trove

The electric grid in Texas is imperiled because they became dependent on wind energy,

“Texas has the most wind power in the country, but the wind does not blow during the summer.”

Heat waves pushes Texas power grid into red zone | Reuters

On February 12, 2021 USA Today bragged that up to two-thirds of Texas electricity was generated by wind.

Wind energy: Texas, Wyoming and Joe Biden’s climate plan

Two days later the wind turbines froze up as did many people in Texas when the ERCOT grid collapsed.

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USA changed their story and said the failure of Texas wind was a “warning to Biden and all of us.”

Renewable energy really is part of the cause of Texas’ blackouts

The trend in Texas summer afternoon temperatures has generally been downwards over the past century.

Louisiana is sinking.

These six factors explain why Louisiana is rapidly losing land; see graphics | News | nola.com

Miami is just above sea level and floods from time to time, like in 1926.

20 Sep 1926, 12 – The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com

The beach at Ft. Lauderdale is the same size it was 25 years ago.

It is also the same size it was 60 years ago.

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