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The graph and table below shows the number of current all-time record daily maximums held or tied, ranked by year. The current year is not included, because the data is not available yet.

When the data becomes available, it will become clear that the summer of 2012 was not remarkable compared to the summers prior to the 1960s global cooling. That isn’t going to stop the usual suspects from lying about it however.

USHCN Daily Data

1936	10011
1934	9704
1939	7743
1931	7424
1930	6862
1933	6808
1953	6589
1925	6567
1954	6338
1911	6206

According to USHCN raw monthly data, the winter of 2009-2010 was the sixth coldest in US history, and the winter of 2010-2011 was the 12th coldest. Here are the bottom fifteen.

1969	41.0786
1993	40.9247
2001	 40.8844
2011	 40.8729
1929	40.855
1904	40.5274
1912	40.2707
1918	40.1764
1910	39.6226
2010	 39.2367
1905	38.972
1978	38.7018
1899	38.6614
1936	38.5283
1979	37.5731

Our friends on the left are hoping that you are stupid and have a very short term memory.

Snow present in 49 of the 50 U.S. states – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs

The temperature at Gallipolis, Ohio on July 21, 1934 was 113 degrees. Weather Underground is forecasting that it will be 25 degrees cooler today than it was in 1934.

Here are some other USHCN Ohio temperatures for July 21, 1934.

    
  DELAWARE       	110
  CIRCLEVILLE    	108
  DEFIANCE       	107
  URBANA WWTP    	107
  GREENVILLE WTP 	105
  MC CONNELLSVILL	105
  PHILO 3 SW     	105
  BUCYRUS        	104
  PORTSMOUTH-SCIO	104
  MILLERSBURG    	103
  WAUSEON WTP    	103
  KENTON         	102
  UPPER SANDUSKY 	102
  WAVERLY        	102
  HILLSBORO      	101
  CADIZ          	100
  TIFFIN         	100

Andrew Freedman at the Washington Post says that this is the hottest summer in history.

The Palm Beach Post 

Over the last 15 years, suburbs of Denver, Colorado have been the scene of two of America’s worst massacres. Colorado also has the highest rate of drug abuse among teenagers. The only belief that many children have is that life sucks – and then you die.

Where do they get this idea from?

President Obama ‘has four years to save Earth’ | Environment | The Observer

While we can’t tie any specific massacre to green’s efforts to demoralize children, we can say that the Aurora massacre is exactly the sort of behavior we would expect in a world where selfish self-serving adults devote their life to making children feel doomed.

The temperature in Minden, Nebraska on July 24, 1936 was 118 degrees. Here are the official USHCN records for the rest of the state.

  ALBION         	 7/24/1936	115
  ALLIANCE 1WNW  	 7/24/1936	101
  ASHLAND NO 2   	 7/24/1936	111
  ATKINSON 3SW   	 7/24/1936	110
  AUBURN 5 ESE   	 7/24/1936	107
  BEAVER CITY    	 7/24/1936	116
  BRIDGEPORT     	 7/24/1936	102
  BROKEN BOW 2 W 	 7/24/1936	111
  CRETE          	 7/24/1936	111
  CURTIS 3NNE    	 7/24/1936	110
  DAVID CITY     	 7/24/1936	111
  FAIRBURY 5S    	 7/24/1936	111
  FAIRMONT       	 7/24/1936	111
  FRANKLIN       	 7/24/1936	116
  GENEVA         	 7/24/1936	113
  GENOA 2 W      	 7/24/1936	116
  GOTHENBURG     	 7/24/1936	110
  HARRISON       	 7/24/1936	99
  HARTINGTON     	 7/24/1936	111
  HASTINGS 4N    	 7/24/1936	116
  HEBRON         	 7/24/1936	110
  HOLDREGE       	 7/24/1936	113
  IMPERIAL       	 7/24/1936	111
  KIMBALL 2NE    	 7/24/1936	101
  LODGEPOLE      	 7/24/1936	105
  LOUP CITY      	 7/24/1936	111
  MADISON        	 7/24/1936	117
  MC COOK        	 7/24/1936	111
  MERRIMAN       	 7/24/1936	103
  MINDEN         	 7/24/1936	118
  NORTH LOUP     	 7/24/1936	103
  OAKDALE        	 7/24/1936	115
  PAWNEE CITY    	 7/24/1936	111
  PURDUM         	 7/24/1936	112
  RED CLOUD      	 7/24/1936	115
  SAINT PAUL 4N  	 7/24/1936	115
  SEWARD         	 7/24/1936	111
  SYRACUSE       	 7/24/1936	110
  TECUMSEH 1S    	 7/24/1936	107
  TEKAMAH        	 7/24/1936	105
  WAKEFIELD      	 7/24/1936	108
  WEEPING WATER  	 7/24/1936	108
  YORK           	 7/24/1936	112

Weather Underground forecasts that it will be 19 degrees cooler this year on July 24 than it was in 1936. The Washington Post’s Andrew Freedman says that temperatures are much hotter now.

As we dig deeper in the green-energy crony corruption-story, it begins to sound more and more like the making of a big-budget Hollywood thriller. Today’s installment on First Solar includes billionaire investors, corporate welfare, favoritism, threats, exaggerations, lawsuits over inferior quality, layoffs and outsourcing, and even a romantic dalliance. The screenplay would be riveting. Too bad it is not fiction. The film would have to be a documentary.

The trailer would open: “What do Goldman Sachs, several Goldman executives, and quite a few billionaire investors have in common? Add in millions of campaign donations followed by billions doled out of the 2009-stimulus package along with a ‘who’s who’ list of high-powered energy connections. Throw in a lead lobbyist with frequent White House visits and an active, yet connected board member.” Dark clouds would roll in as the music comes to a crescendo. The narrator continues: “Along the way, drama and trouble emerge. The CEO sells his own stock, jobs are going overseas. Accusations of money laundering materialize, and inside investigations point to a shady scheme within a solar energy company. The firm in question is implicated—as well as the Department of Energy.” Bold text pops up on the screen: “The First Solar Swindle” Smaller text: “Opening in theaters nationwide…”

Yes, all of this drama can be found in one company with interconnected ties to the Obama White House!

The First Solar Swindle – Marita Noon – Townhall Finance 

h/t to Dave G

You can’t make this stuff up.

Unlike the droughts of the 1930s, this one is occurring in a much warmer climate, a byproduct of manmade global warming. Seager said that although it most likely didn’t trigger the drought, it’s possible that global warming is making this drought worse than it would otherwise be.

Drought Has Ties to La Niña, with Global Warming Assist | Climate Central

According to the daily average thermometer data reported by USHCN, four of the five hottest summers in US history occurred during the 1930s. The other one was 1901.

1936	75.2031
1934	74.8203
1901	74.5033
1933	73.8776
1931	73.8529

USHCN Daily Data

According to the monthly maximum thermometer data reported by USHCN, three of the five hottest summers in US history occurred during the 1930s. The other two were in 1901 and 1988.

1936	88.8689
1934	88.2747
1988	87.4309
1933	87.4006
1901	87.1846

USHCN Raw Monthly Data

The summer of 2012 has no chance of cracking the top five. It won’t even be close.

The US weather bureau maps from 1936 show the incredible heat that summer

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/064/mwr-064-07-c1.pdf

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/064/mwr-064-08-c1.pdf

In 1936, people were dying by the thousands from the heat.

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h/t to Marc Morano

Hansen pulled the same trick in Tokyo that he did in Phoenix. The black and white is his 1999 UHI adjusted graph, and the blue is his current graph. He cooled the past by about a degree in order to create a non-existent warming trend.

Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis

pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/1999/1999_Hansen_etal.pdf

Last week the experts told us that the southwest fire season was just beginning.

Weather Street:Clouds and Precipitation Forecast Movie