Real Climate Science

DMI and NSIDC continue to show Arctic sea ice extent declining.

Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

NSIDC maps show almost no change over the past two days. red shows ice loss since May 21, green shows ice gain.

May 21        May 23

The Great Storm of May 1921: An Exemplar of a Dangerous Space Weather Event – Hapgood – 2019 – Space Weather – Wiley Online Library

On this date in 1921, the Eastern two thirds of the country was extremely hot, with Caruthersville, Missouri at 102 degrees and Hobart, Indiana at 100 degrees.

The heatwave of 1921 never let up all summer. Caruthersville had 71 days over 100 degrees.

1921 had the third highest average maximum temperature in the US since 1895

If we had a summer like that now, climate scientists would be 100% certain it was due to CO2, and would demand immediate world communism.

Ten years ago today, Windsor Colorado was largely destroyed by a half mile wide tornado.  I was just a few miles away and drove through there right after the tornado hit.  Hundreds of homes were destroyed and there was natural gas leaking everywhere.

That morning was warm and very humid, and the clouds were green. I knew there was going to be tornadoes as soon as I looked out the window that morning.

The Totos get their summer haircuts tomorrow.

As I predicted at the beginning of the month, Arctic melt has been very slow this month and both volume and extent of Arctic sea ice are close to “normal.”

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Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

There has been 1.7% ice extent loss over the past week.

May 14       May 21

Meanwhile, the press is full of stories how the Arctic is melting at a record rate.

Since the year 1910. May 22nd temperatures at Lincoln, Virginia have dropped nearly 10 degrees.  Lincoln is the closest Virginia USHCN station to Washington DC. On this date in 1911, Lincoln was 102 degrees.  Today’s forecast maximum at Lincoln is 76 degrees.

Climate scientists :

Russian Arctic ice melt is picking up speed – Futurity

Reality :

Power of the Ob – drifting ice on the river breaks railings and drags people away from hi-tech lives

Since the year 1900. May 22nd temperatures at Glenville, West Virginia have dropped more than ten degrees. On this date in 1902 it was 98 degrees at Glenville. Today’s forecast maximum is 75 degrees, twenty-three degrees cooler than 1902.

Prior to 40 years ago, 90 degree temperatures were common in Iowa on May 22, including 101 degrees at Logan, Iowa on May 22, 1925.  Every location in Iowa was over 90 degrees that day. There haven’t been any 90 degree temperatures in Iowa on May 22 for over 40 years.

It was even hotter in Illinois on May 22, 1925 – when Danville reached 103 degrees.

Settled science at NASA means constantly rewriting the past.  Here are a few of the NASA Reykjavik, Iceland temperature graphs I have captured over the past six years.

V2 Measured

V2 Adjusted

2012

October 2017 V3 Measured Vs Homogenized

2014

May 2018 Measured Vs. Adjusted

May 2018 Measured Vs. Homogenized