Real Climate Science

January 1, 2019 was an epic day for photography in the Sonoran Desert. Click the images for full-size.  They look much better at full resolution.

China on track to lead in renewables as US retreats

• The Guardian

China burns more than four times as much coal as the US, and their coal usage is growing, as US coal usage declines.

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Experts describe this as China “assuming the mantle of green energy leadership” while “the US retreats.”

We used to have great senators in the west, like Barry Goldwater, Pete Domenici, and Harrison Schmitt – but now we have nothing but Flakes, Udalls, Romulans and pink tutus.

Jeff Flake’s replacement from Arizona.

The forecast for Los Alamos is eight continuous days below freezing from December 27 to January 3.

Los Alamos, NM Calendar | Weather Underground

That ties their record, previously set in 1925, 1930, 1966, 1982, and 1987.

The maximum temperature of 21F on January 1 was tied for fifth coldest, with the coldest January 1 occurring in 2011.

When I left Los Alamos on Sunday, there was a foot of snow on the ground.

The ski hill at Los Alamos got another three feet of snow yesterday, bringing their total to nearly five feet for the week.

The ski area is closed, because the roads are impassable.

Snow Report – Pajarito Mountain Ski Area

It looks like they got a couple of feet in town yesterday.

The ski hill has been closed the last two days, because people can’t get there.

County, lab, others closed Wednesday for storm dig out | LAMonitor.com

Based on radar – Mount Taylor, west of Albuquerque, may have gotten more than eight feet of snow this week. Climate experts say global warming has devastated the southwest, and cold and snow are things of the past.

New Mexico senator Tom Udall recently gave a speech about this on the Senate floor.

Udall  is neither a New Mexico native nor a scientist. I am both, and have been working to minimize global warming superstition in New Mexico. This is an editorial I wrote in the Santa Fe newspaper five years ago.

Reader View: Drought is normal for New Mexico – The Santa Fe New Mexican

Last year was the first year with no EF4 or EF5 tornadoes in the US.

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

The percent of days above 95 degrees was well below average since 1895, and among the lowest on record.

The percent of nights below 0F was also below the the post-1895 average.

The average daily temperature range (difference between maximum and minimum temperatures) was the lowest on record.

Forest fire burn acreage was well below average for the past century.

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At the end of the year, very little of the US was in extreme drought, and much of that area is now buried in record deep snow.

U.S. Drought Monitor

Compare vs. December 1956.

The number of hurricanes was average since 1850, with a downwards trend.

The only metric which was above average was major hurricanes, which were at a record low two years ago.

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Academics and journalist describe the very mild weather of 2018 as being a wake-up call requiring immediate world communism.

The Climate Industrial Complex

The Earth is getting hotter, and human activity is a major cause. Period. We are not going to give time to climate deniers.

If alarmists had any confidence in their position, they would be eager to debate, prove us wrong, and put an end to all the trouble skeptics are causing them in government. But they have instead adopted the same policy which leftists always do – censorship – because their ideas don’t stand up to any scrutiny.  We have no free press in the United States any more.