On this date in 1901, Nebraska and Oklahoma were over 110 degrees, twenty-three states were over 100 degrees, and all but three states were over 90 degrees. More than half of the US was over 95 degrees. Weather that hot is incomprehensible now. Click on the newspaper below for a larger image.
16 Jul 1901, Page 7 – The Semi-Weekly Times-Democrat at Newspapers.com
Record hot downslope winds along the Pacific Coast in 1859 coincided with the largest solar storm ever recorded.
29 Jun 1859, 4 – The Sacramento Bee at Newspapers.com
13 Jun 1877, Page 2 – San Francisco Chronicle at Newspapers.com
13 Aug 1859, 2 – Pointe Coupee Democrat at Newspapers.com
A few weeks after the record heat in 1859 came the largest Coronal Mass Ejection on record.
14 Sep 1859, Page 1 – The Louisville Daily Courier at Newspapers.com
06 Sep 1859, Page 2 – Brooklyn Evening Star at Newspapers.com
31 Aug 1859, 1 – The Cadiz Sentinel at Newspapers.com
A similar effect this year also coincided with a series of large solar storms.
Ventusky – Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps
Sun erupts the biggest flare in four years, causes radio blackout over Atlantic – SCIENCE News
Ten years ago today, Texas leading climate academics predicted the state would be hot and dry for the rest of the century.
Texas is vulnerable to warming climate – Houston Chronicle
Since then Texas has been cool and wet.
Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
NOAA confirms last month was hottest June ever in US
The percent of hot days during June was about average and half of 1933.
Afternoon temperatures were about two degrees cooler than 1933.
The mean temperature was about the same as 1911 and 1934, and lower than 1933.
Nighttime temperatures were the highest on record.
Bloomberg says COVID rates have flattened or declined in places with the highest vaccination rates.
More Than 3.35 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker
They don’t mention that the same phenomenon has occurred in places with the lowest vaccination rates.
India COVID: 30,743,013 Cases and 405,527 Deaths – Worldometer
Yesterday Bloomberg said life is returning to normal in blue states with high vaccination rates.
What they didn’t mention is that life has been normal for months in red states with low vaccination rates.
Alabama COVID: 552,911 Cases and 11,387 Deaths – Worldometer
CNN says climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is killing ten million people per year.
‘On The Scale Of Holocaust’: Cnn Guest On Deaths Due To Burning Of Fossil Fuels
Actual numbers show that less than 10,000 people per year die from all types of natural disasters, including storms, floods, extreme temperatures and drought. This is down 80% from a century ago.
Natural Disasters – Our World in Data
A century ago, millions of people faced starvation from famine caused by record heat.
04 Sep 1921, 61 – New York Herald at Newspapers.com
Prior to 1890, severe drought and famine struck India every four years, but NOAA said the warming climate from 1890 to 1940 greatly reduced the frequency of droughts in China.
ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/journals/noaa/QC851U461974oct.pdf
Over the past 2,000 years, China had thousands of famines, some of which killed close to ten million people.
15 Jun 1931, Page 6 – Montana Butte Standard at Newspapers.com
The New York Times says global warming is going to make Lake Michigan rise and drown Chicago.
A few years ago, the press was saying that global warming was drying up the Great Lakes.
The reality is that there has been no trend in Great Lakes water levels over the past century.
Seventy years ago, experts blamed variable water levels and melting glaciers on sunspots.
“HERALD” SATURDAY MAGAZINE Glaciers, Icebergs Meit As World Gets Warmer – Trovene Tracker
