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A disease so serious, Biden needs to take a test every day to know he has it.

Biden tests COVID-19 positive for seventh straight day | The Hill

06 Aug 1930, 1 – The Whittier News at Newspapers.com

Twenty-nine states were over 100F

CA 109, IL 109, AZ 108, KY 108, MO 108, AR 106, IN 106, TN 106, MS 105, WV 105, GA 104, KS 104, ND 104, UT 104, ID 103, NE 103, SC 103, TX 103, AL 102, IA 102, MT 102, OK 102, SD 102, VA 102, LA 101, MD 101, NC 101, WA 101, PA 100

Forty-five states were over 90F

CO 99, OR 99, FL 98, NJ 98, NM 98, OH 98, NY 97, DE 96, MN 96, NV 96, MI 95, WY 95, WI 94, CT 91, MA 91, RI 91

From the book Washington Weather.

“The Record Hot Summer of 1930

The summer of 1930 made headlines due to unprecedented heat and drought that caused disastrous crop failures throughout the United States. The summer of 1930 ushered in the “Dust Bowl” era of unusually hot, dry summers that plagued the U.S. during much of the 1930’s.

Washington area farmers were certainly not spared in 1930, as intense, prolonged hot spells gripped the region during late July and early ‘August. The official temperature recorded on July 20 was 106°F, which holds the record as the highest temperature ever recorded in Washington. Unofficially, 110°F was recorded that same day on Pennsylvania Avenue and 108°F was recorded at the National Cathedral. The summer of 1930 also set the record for number of days where temperatures reached or exceeded 100°F at 11 days.”

Andy Weiss was one of the co-authors of that book. He used to contribute a lot of information to this blog under the name Andy DC. Andy passed away during May of 2019.  He was also a golf long-ball driving champion.

The historical record provides no evidence to support the superstition that increased CO2 levels produce bad weather.

The UK government has been shutting down their nuclear and coal fired power plants, which has made electricity unaffordable for millions of people – and they call people who protest their malfeasance “irresponsible.”

Hinkley B: UK’s most productive nuclear power plant closes – BBC News

U.K. To End All Coal Power In 2024, Accelerating Emissions Goal

National Energy Action (NEA) – the UK’s leading fuel poverty charity

4:01 PM · Jun 18, 2022

Campaign calling on people to stop paying energy bills branded ‘highly irresponsible’ | Yorkshire Post

The UK government has a solution though. They are changing the definition of fuel poverty.

“the Government projects that fuel poverty will continue to decline in England in 2021 and 2022 despite very large increases in prices. This is due to a number of different factors including how fuel poverty is defined in England,”

Fuel poverty in the UK – House of Commons Library

China’s suspension of bilateral climate talks with U.S. ‘punishes the world,’ Kerry says | Reuters

The UK government says they are reducing fuel poverty by changing the definition of fuel poverty. The people don’t have enough bread, so let them eat cake.

“Democrats also agreed to a request by Ms. Sinema to include billions of dollars to combat droughts, according to officials briefed on the emerging plan, something that is crucial to Arizona as it suffers from a devastating megadrought. “

Krysten Sinema Agrees to Climate and Tax Deal – The New York Times

Pinetop, AZ 10-Day Weather Forecast | Weather Underground

My neighbor Harriet Hageman is fed up with Liz Cheney and the Democrats she represents from her home in Virginia. The Wyoming Republican primary is the week after next.

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)