Real Climate Science

Contrary to the nonsense being spouted by the experts, Illinois temperatures have been getting cooler since 1930, with many fewer record temperatures.

I changed the algorithm for counting records, so that duplicates get double counted. For example, if an all-time record was set for a given day of year in 1936, 1953 and 1956 – all three years will get credit. This removes any bias from the count.

1936, 1934 and 1930 were the top three years for setting record maximums.

Record minimums are more evenly distributed, with 1917 being the year with the most record lows. 1930 was a very extreme year, as it ranked in the top four for both record highs and record lows.

Recent years have been near the bottom for both record highs and record lows.

The measured temperature data for Virginia shows a significant cooling trend since 1930, with 1953 as  the hottest year. Our friends at USHCN have fixed this inconvenient problem.

VIRGINIA Climate Summary

The thermometer data for Texas shows a cooling trend, which USHCN has hidden. The way they did it was by progressively subtracting larger and larger amounts from older temperature data. The year 1920 had 1.8 degrees subtracted from the average value which the thermometers read.

This is a pattern which we have seen over and over again. Without the USHCN alterations to the temperature data, the US would show no warming.

Intellicast – Weekly Precipitation in United States

Heavy rain continues to pummel much of the drought area.

The raw USHCN data from Texas shows a decline of nearly half a degree since 1930.

Fortunately, NCDC was able to stop this unpleasant cooling trend by simply altering the data. There were quite a few years warmer than 2012 prior to 1960, but our friends at NOAA simply washed them away.

TEXAS Climate Summary

The average of all measured USHCN temperature data in Arizona shows a long term cooling trend, with recent years being among the coolest on record.

A cooling trend just didn’t fit the story line of permanent southwest heat and drought, so our government took the liberty of rewriting Arizona’s history.

ARIZONA Climate Summary

A couple of days ago we were told that global warming was determined by the temperature in the eastern half of the US.  Using the new found wisdom which has been imparted on us, we can safely state that global warming has officially ended.

10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.

The torrential rain which has been falling in Colorado is spreading into West Texas, on the one year anniversary of Dessler declaring the permanent Texas drought.

Will the rain clear out their minds, and convince them to stop spreading nonsense for a living?

According to the measured temperature data from USHCN, 1921 was the hottest year in US history. There were 654,134 temperature measurements taken that year around the country – and according to James Hansen every single one of them was incorrect and needed to be adjusted downwards – a lot.

So what do we know about 1921?  We know that the Earth had a “fever” and that it was worldwide. Al Gore was 85 years too late.

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The press is still babbling mindlessly about the fires and permanent drought  in Colorado, while some places have received 60% of the normal annual rainfall during the last week.

I tried riding my bike to Safeway before, but the water was running up over a bridge on the bike trail.

Intellicast – Weekly Precipitation in Denver, Colorado