Real Climate Science

About time we had a real summer. Unfortunately, today was the last really warm day in the forecast.

Are you tired of hearing about this summer’s record-breaking weather in Colorado?

Brace yourself for more: 2012 has seen more days reaching 90 degrees or warmer in Fort Collins than any other year on record.

As of Monday, Fort Collins had 55 days 90 degrees or hotter, shattering the record for enduring heat by an unprecedented 10 days, according to the Colorado Climate Center’s monthly weather data report compiled by researcher Wendy Ryan.

The previous record of 45 days 90 degrees and hotter was set in 1960.

Despite the fact that the heat wouldn’t go away, no high temperature records were broken, but two were tied: 97 degrees on Aug. 6 set in 1889 and 95 degrees on Aug. 28, a record set in 1899.

Driest-ever August shatters record for most enduring heat | The Coloradoan | coloradoan.com

Is Obama even aware that he has been the guy in charge the last four years?

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He seems to be hoping that Americans are vastly more stupid than they were four years ago.

h/t to  slimething

I spent a couple hours Sunday evening at a friend’s house (the 82 year old woman pictured above next to my Jeep.) She is a life-long Republican and woman of great sense.

Four years ago a close friend of hers (a lifelong Democrat) was working back stage at the Democratic party Convention in Denver, and over heard Michelle blurt out f***ing white people. Needless to say, she did not vote for Obama.

Barack Obama approaches his nomination for a second term with the lowest pre-convention personal popularity of an incumbent president in ABC News/Washington Post polls since the 1980s.

The decline has occurred entirely among women registered voters – from 57-39 percent favorable-unfavorable in April to a numerically negative 46-50 percent now. That’s Obama’s lowest score among women voters – a focus of recent political positioning – in ABC/Post polls since he took office. Unusually, his rating among men, 50-47 percent favorable-unfavorable, is numerically better than it is among women, albeit not by a significant margin.

Obama’s Popularity Dips Underwater; For Romney, a Faint Favorability Bounce – ABC News

According to the Democratic Party platform, CO2 is the cause of climate change. I wonder what caused the seventy-five long year 13th century drought which wiped out the Anasazi?

Do we really want to let the party of superstition and division stink up the White House for four more years?

When The Arctic Institute posted the garbage below in all seriousness, David Appell forgot to accuse them of distortion.

If this trend persists over the coming years we could experience an ice free Arctic Ocean by the summer of 2015.

The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security Studies

When I post the same graph to point out its nonsensical nature, David Appell accuses me of distortion.

Roger Pielke Jr. says he is voting for Obama.

Roger Pielke Jr.’s Blog: Romney vs. Obama in the ScienceDebate

Besides the early winter storm which broke up the ice in August, another unusual wind event contributed strongly to this summer’s “record low” ice extent.

In early June, strong winds blew open a large hole in the Beaufort Sea. This happened when the sun was high in the sky, and led to a lot of unusual sea surface warming – which later melted a lot of ice.

arctic.io – Arctic Terra – (2012/166)