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NOAA claims that 2012 was the second most extreme weather in US history, despite a record low tornado count and the longest stretch since the Civil War without a major hurricane.

They accomplished this by defining mild weather as extreme. I spent last winter in Maryland, and the weather was picture perfect. But NOAA says that last winter was the third most extreme winter in northeastern US history.

U.S. Climate Extremes Index

NOAA is driven by politics, and their climate science has become a complete joke. Their predecessors described their behavior as a crime against the community.

docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/035/mwr-035-01-0007b.pdf

A few weeks ago NRDC told us that western skiing was doomed due to excessive heat and lack of snow. This can be easily seen at Wolf Creek, Colorado where the current temperature at 1:30 pm  is -13F.

Web Cam – Wolf Creek Ski Area

One statistic about 2012 which caught my attention was the huge ratio of record maximums to record minimums, which blew away the previous records set in 1998 and 1939. The reason that the 2012 had such a high average temperature was because of the absence of cold weather.

2013 seems to be making up for the previous year – with record cold out here in the west.

h/t to Erick Wodarz

[Correction : the graph below is only for maximum temperatures. Average temperatures in 2012 were indeed warmer than 1934.]

The final data is in, and a apples to apples comparison (using only the same set of all 821 GHCN HCN stations continuously active since at least 1920) shows that 2012 was slightly cooler than 1934, shows that 2012 was 0.4F warmer than 1934, but the trend since 1920 is downwards. The US has been cooling for 90 years.

2012 was an anomaly, not the new normal.

Index of /pub/data/ghcn/daily/hcn/

Prior to tampering by NOAA and GISS, 1934 was always the hottest year.

Science Briefs

Whither U.S. Climate?

By James Hansen, Reto Ruedy, Jay Glascoe and Makiko Sato — August 1999

What’s happening to our climate? Was the heat wave and drought in the Eastern United States in 1999 a sign of global warming?

Empirical evidence does not lend much support to the notion that climate is headed precipitately toward more extreme heat and drought. The drought of 1999 covered a smaller area than the 1988 drought, when the Mississippi almost dried up. And 1988 was a temporary inconvenience as compared with repeated droughts during the 1930s “Dust Bowl” that caused an exodus from the prairies, as chronicled in Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.

NASA GISS: Science Briefs: Whither U.S. Climate?

Global Warming: The United States Is Only Going To Get Hotter, Say Scientsts

In what can only be described as an ominous start to the year, a 60-person federal advisory committee has released a draft report outlining the future of the United States’ climate. The forecast? More heat, more scattered rain patterns, and more problems for the coast.

The draft is the product of the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC), and involved the participation of more than 240 authors.

“Evidence for climate change abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans. This evidence has been compiled by scientists and engineers from around the world, using satellites, weather balloons, thermometers, buoys, and other observing systems. The sum total of this evidence tells an unambiguous story: the planet is warming,” reads the report.

The NCADAC also states that temperatures will continue to reach record-breaking levels at an unprecedented pace. The higher temperatures mean more ice will melt, and that in turn means that sea levels will rise, which then affects weather patterns even more. It’s a vicious cycle, and one that the report warns will not only cause environmental damage, but societal and health-related problems as well.

Global Warming: The United States Is Only Going To Get Hotter, Say Scientsts : World : Latinos Post

Complete nonsense. The US is getting cooler and the number of record maximums is decreasing. This is the biggest fraud in science history.

Experts tell us that warm air is melting the Arctic, and then dipping south and freezing New Mexico solid.

NOAA will have to do a ton of adjusting to get these temperatures up to where the government wants them to be.

http://wxug.us/109s9

I’m watching the Sydney v Melbourne soccer match right now. It is raining and everybody is bundled up. We are told that this is the worst heatwave in history.

Joseph Reser, adjunct professor at Griffith University’s School of Applied Psychology, said ”there’s a powerful climate change signal in extreme weather events in Australia for the public – the current heatwave is outside people’s experience”.

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/hot-spell-may-sway-sceptics-20130112-2cmrg.html

Denver is a cold place tonight after a couple of OT interceptions, but it is 5-10 degrees warmer than the rural areas outside of the city.

http://wxug.us/109kh

Check this out.  John B M.D. pointed out that if you access the public NOAA data directories using Internet Explorer (as opposed to a real browser) they warn you they you are not allowed to view the raw US temperature record. Only the high priests of weather data tampering are permitted too see it. The Latin is too complicated for lay Catholics.

Index of /pub/data/ghcn/daily/hcn/

The root directory /pub stands for public. The data is openly available on their web site from any web browser. It is a critical part of US history and paid for by tax money. But most important, it shows that the US has cooled over the last 90 years.

The fact that NOAA is threatening people who dare look at public US history which taxpayers paid for,  is exactly why we need an army of whistleblowers.

The government is here to serve the citizenry, not the other way around. NOAA is corrupt and they are trying to cover up their malfeasance.

Google Chrome does not display their nonsensical warning.

What does PUB stand for?