Real Climate Science

May 31, 1934 was the hottest springtime (March-May) day on record in the US. About 20% of the US was above 100 degrees. It was 109° in Iowa and Wisconsin, 108° in Minnesota, 107° in North Dakota, Nebraska and Illinois, 104° in Kansas, and 103° in Missouri.

31 May 1934, 1 – The Rock Island Argus at Newspapers.com

The four hottest May 31st were 1934, 1895, 1913 and 1953.  More than 30% of the US was above 90F during those years. May 31st tended to be a much hotter day in the first half of the 20th century, that it has been for the past 70 years.

A few weeks later in 1913  California set the world record temperature of 134°.

ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-01-0010.pdf

The summer of 1913 was extremely hot.

03 Jul 1913, Page 2 – The Logan Republican at Newspapers.com

The worst flooding in Ohio history also occurred in 1913.

As did the worst flooding in Texas history. This picture was taken near where I bought my first house in Richmond, Texas. The flood crest was 56 feet on December 11, 1913. My neighborhood flooded during the last time the river went above 50 ft, in 1992.

28 Mar 1913, 6 – The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com

On May 31, 1903 record flooding was occuring in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.

05 Jun 1903, 4 – The Western Call at Newspapers.com

Another extreme May 31 occurred in 1985.  Massive tornado outbreaks in Pennsylvania, Ohio, York, Ontario and many Midwestern states. More than 100 peaople died.

05 Nov 1985, Page 16 – Philadelphia Daily News at Newspapers.com

Cold air collided with very warm, humid air.

31 May 1985, 2 – The Daily Advertiser at Newspapers.com

Meanwhile, the clowns in the press continue spewing their mindless superstitions about climate.

A few weeks ago they were saying the exact opposite.

2018 will be the first year with no violent tornadoes in the United States – The Washington Post

Some people speculate that increasing smog will cause our atmosphere to capture and retain more solar heat, gradually melting the world’s icecaps. But I believe smog and other factors, such as changing carbon dioxide content and volcanic dust, will prove only marginal in their effects on our climatic future.

Dr. Hurd C. Willett, Professor of Meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suggests the answer. Dr. Willett, one of our staff affiliates this year, has shown us how cyclic changes in the climate closely parallel the cyclic changes in sunspot activity—the manifestations of powerful electrical energy discharges from the sun.* We now feel confident that our investigations here back up the solar-climate theory of weather cycles. Sunspots have been diligently recorded for well over 200 years. We find that glacier fluctuations over these past two centuries show a tantalizing correlation, taking into account the glaciers’ flow lag, with sun storms and temperature trends.

The National Geographic Archive | February 1967 | page 1

You know you are a progressive, if you believe these amorphous structures in rock are life – but  …..

13 Aug 1996, Page 23 – The Des Moines Register at Newspapers.com

08 Aug 1996, 8 – The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com

….. you don’t believe that this is life :

Unless they traveled by Unicorn, they burned up huge amounts of fossil fuels, only to discover there is lots of ice in the Arctic.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’

Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014

Very selfish act. He probably caused a tornado in Kansas

Man sets himself on fire near White House