Hottest July Ever?

[westwall]

I think not. Especially when they get caught publishing a lie like this.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chris
In Nevada....

July was the hottest month ever recorded in Las Vegas, according to the National Weather Service.

The average temperature last month was 96.2 degrees, the highest since record keeping began in 1937. The previous record, set in July 2007, was 95.4.

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The problem is this is a lie. And a HUGE lie at that. You see the average July temperature for Las Vegas is 107 degrees, and for August it is 103 degrees.

Las Vegas Weather and Average Temperatures

When they publish such outright drivel as this, they can't be trusted with anything.

 

[Paulie]

You're right, we should probably ignore the official weather organization in favor of some Vegas tourism website.

 

[konradv]

The problem is this is a lie. And a HUGE lie at that. You see the average July temperature for Las Vegas is 107 degrees, and for August it is 103 degrees.

Those aren't average temperatures, westy. They're average HIGHS!!!

VEGAS.com: Weather: Average Temperatures

 

[waltky]

It was so hot, Uncle Ferd's g/f went w/o panties all summer long...

Earth breaks heat record in 2016 for third year in a row
January 18, 2017 - Last year, the Earth sweltered under the hottest temperatures in modern times for the third year in a row, US scientists said Wednesday, raising new concerns about the quickening pace of climate change.

Temperatures spiked to new national highs in parts of India, Kuwait and Iran, while sea ice melted faster than ever in the fragile Arctic, said the report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Taking a global average of the land and sea surface temperatures for the entire year, NOAA found the data for "2016 was the highest since record keeping began in 1880," said the announcement. The global average temperature last year was 1.69 Fahrenheit (0.94 Celsius) above the 20th century average, and 0.07 degrees F (0.04 C) warmer than in 2015, the last record-setting year, according to NOAA.

Variation in global temperature compared to the 20th century average​

This was "not a huge margin to set a new record but it is larger than the typical margin," Deke Arndt, chief of NOAA global climate monitoring, said on a conference call with reporters. A separate analysis by the US space agency NASA also found that 2016 was the hottest on record. The World Meteorological Organization in Geneva confirmed the US findings, and noted that atmospheric concentrations of both carbon dioxide and methane reached new highs.

- Upward trend -

The main reason for the rise is the burning of fossil fuels like oil and gas, which send carbon dioxide, methane and other pollutants known as greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere and warm the planet. The mounting toll of industrialization on the Earth's natural balance is increasingly apparent in the record books of recent decades. "Since the start of the 21st century, the annual global temperature record has been broken five times (2005, 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016)," said NOAA. Another factor has been the Pacific Ocean warming trend of El Nino, which experts say exacerbates the planet's already rising warmth. El Nino comes and goes. The latest episode became particularly strong in 2015, and subsided about halfway through 2016.

Alaska’s heat wave goes from noteworthy to ridiculous with Deadhorse record​

But El Nino was responsible for just a small fraction of last year's warmth, according to Peter Stott, acting director of Britain's Met Office Hadley Center. "The main contributor to warming over the last 150 years is human influence on climate from increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere," he said. This year is likely be cooler, but probably not by much, said Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. "Because the long-term trends are so clear, it is still going to be a top-five year in our analysis. I'm pretty confident about that." he told reporters.

- Scenes from a warming world -

 

[Old Rocks]

I think not. Especially when they get caught publishing a lie like this.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chris
In Nevada....

July was the hottest month ever recorded in Las Vegas, according to the National Weather Service.

The average temperature last month was 96.2 degrees, the highest since record keeping began in 1937. The previous record, set in July 2007, was 95.4.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Top News | TradingMarkets.com


The problem is this is a lie. And a HUGE lie at that. You see the average July temperature for Las Vegas is 107 degrees, and for August it is 103 degrees.

Las Vegas Weather and Average Temperatures

When they publish such outright drivel as this, they can't be trusted with anything.

Month Highs °F Lows °F
January 58 32
February 61 37
March 70 43
April 78 50
May 88 50
June 99 68
July 107 77
August 103 75
September 96 67
October 80 53
November 66 41
December 57 35

off2vegas | Las Vegas Weather and Average Temperatures

Damn, Mr. Westwall, you are exceeding your normal stupidity. Says right there on your site those are highs and lows. July, high, 107, low, 77. So the average temperatures for any year for that month would be between those numbers.

Now tell me, is it that you cannot read a simple single line of data, or are you purposely lying?

 

[waltky]

It didn't snow in Chicago...

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US
March 08, 2017 | WASHINGTON — A freakishly balmy February broke more than 11,700 local daily records for warmth in the United States, but it didn't quite beat 1954 for the warmest February on record, climate scientists said.

The average temperature last month was 41.2 degrees - 7.3 degrees warmer than normal but three-tenths a degree behind the record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Wednesday. It was unseasonably toasty for most of the country east of the Rockies, but a cool Pacific Northwest kept the national record from falling, said NOAA climate scientist Jake Crouch. Chicago had no snow. Oklahoma hit 99 degrees. Texas and Louisiana had their hottest February. NOAA said local weather stations broke or tied warm temperature records 11,743 times but set cold records only 418 times.

An international science team's computer analysis of causes of extreme weather calculated that man-made global warming tripled the likelihood for the nation's unusually warm February. The mostly private team of researchers, called World Weather Attribution, uses accepted scientific techniques to figure if climate change plays a role in extreme events based on computer simulations of real world conditions and those without heat-trapping gases. “I don't recall ever seeing a February like this,” said Princeton University climate scientist Gabe Vecchi, who was part of the quick attribution study that was not peer reviewed. “We expect this to happen with more and more frequency over time.”

‘The new climate normal’

Several outside scientists praised the quick study, including Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor David Titley, who was on a National Academy of Sciences panel that certified the accuracy of climate change attribution science. “This is the new climate normal that we all need to come to grips with,” Titley said. “And it's stunning how quickly our climate has changed.” Natural random weather variations and climate change combined to make it a weird February, meteorologists said. Overall, NOAA said it was the sixth warmest U.S. winter on record, about 3.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. “You definitely do feel that this is going to be something that you get to enjoy now and you pay for after the fact,” said Vecchi, who was biking in short-sleeves in New Jersey last month.

Daffodils bloom in New York's Central Park, Feb. 28, 2017. Meteorologists say a freakishly warm February broke more than 11,700 local daily records but not a 1954 record for the nation’s warmest.​

Oklahoma University meteorology professor Jason Furtado said he worries that the lack of deep Arctic cold plunges in February means the Gulf of Mexico never cooled down. And when severe weather season in the spring starts, the moisture coming north from warmer Gulf waters will goose outbreaks and increase the probability of nasty spring storms and tornadoes. Massachusetts already had an unprecedented February tornado. A March frost could kill early blooming trees and flowers and the lack of a proper winter could lead to more mosquitoes and ticks this year, Vecchi said. “What is lurking behind the corner while we're outside throwing a Frisbee might be looking to make our lives less pleasant,” he said.

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US

 

[westwall]

It didn't snow in Chicago...

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US
March 08, 2017 | WASHINGTON — A freakishly balmy February broke more than 11,700 local daily records for warmth in the United States, but it didn't quite beat 1954 for the warmest February on record, climate scientists said.

The average temperature last month was 41.2 degrees - 7.3 degrees warmer than normal but three-tenths a degree behind the record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Wednesday. It was unseasonably toasty for most of the country east of the Rockies, but a cool Pacific Northwest kept the national record from falling, said NOAA climate scientist Jake Crouch. Chicago had no snow. Oklahoma hit 99 degrees. Texas and Louisiana had their hottest February. NOAA said local weather stations broke or tied warm temperature records 11,743 times but set cold records only 418 times.

An international science team's computer analysis of causes of extreme weather calculated that man-made global warming tripled the likelihood for the nation's unusually warm February. The mostly private team of researchers, called World Weather Attribution, uses accepted scientific techniques to figure if climate change plays a role in extreme events based on computer simulations of real world conditions and those without heat-trapping gases. “I don't recall ever seeing a February like this,” said Princeton University climate scientist Gabe Vecchi, who was part of the quick attribution study that was not peer reviewed. “We expect this to happen with more and more frequency over time.”

‘The new climate normal’

Several outside scientists praised the quick study, including Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor David Titley, who was on a National Academy of Sciences panel that certified the accuracy of climate change attribution science. “This is the new climate normal that we all need to come to grips with,” Titley said. “And it's stunning how quickly our climate has changed.” Natural random weather variations and climate change combined to make it a weird February, meteorologists said. Overall, NOAA said it was the sixth warmest U.S. winter on record, about 3.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. “You definitely do feel that this is going to be something that you get to enjoy now and you pay for after the fact,” said Vecchi, who was biking in short-sleeves in New Jersey last month.

Daffodils bloom in New York's Central Park, Feb. 28, 2017. Meteorologists say a freakishly warm February broke more than 11,700 local daily records but not a 1954 record for the nation’s warmest.​

Oklahoma University meteorology professor Jason Furtado said he worries that the lack of deep Arctic cold plunges in February means the Gulf of Mexico never cooled down. And when severe weather season in the spring starts, the moisture coming north from warmer Gulf waters will goose outbreaks and increase the probability of nasty spring storms and tornadoes. Massachusetts already had an unprecedented February tornado. A March frost could kill early blooming trees and flowers and the lack of a proper winter could lead to more mosquitoes and ticks this year, Vecchi said. “What is lurking behind the corner while we're outside throwing a Frisbee might be looking to make our lives less pleasant,” he said.

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US

Yep. And I got over 17 FEET of snow where I am. Waaaaaay, above normal. That's why they call it "weather".

 

[Crick]

We heard more than enough local weather reports about a "freakishly warm February". Were they all lies?

 

[Old Rocks]

It didn't snow in Chicago...

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US
March 08, 2017 | WASHINGTON — A freakishly balmy February broke more than 11,700 local daily records for warmth in the United States, but it didn't quite beat 1954 for the warmest February on record, climate scientists said.

The average temperature last month was 41.2 degrees - 7.3 degrees warmer than normal but three-tenths a degree behind the record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Wednesday. It was unseasonably toasty for most of the country east of the Rockies, but a cool Pacific Northwest kept the national record from falling, said NOAA climate scientist Jake Crouch. Chicago had no snow. Oklahoma hit 99 degrees. Texas and Louisiana had their hottest February. NOAA said local weather stations broke or tied warm temperature records 11,743 times but set cold records only 418 times.

An international science team's computer analysis of causes of extreme weather calculated that man-made global warming tripled the likelihood for the nation's unusually warm February. The mostly private team of researchers, called World Weather Attribution, uses accepted scientific techniques to figure if climate change plays a role in extreme events based on computer simulations of real world conditions and those without heat-trapping gases. “I don't recall ever seeing a February like this,” said Princeton University climate scientist Gabe Vecchi, who was part of the quick attribution study that was not peer reviewed. “We expect this to happen with more and more frequency over time.”

‘The new climate normal’

Several outside scientists praised the quick study, including Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor David Titley, who was on a National Academy of Sciences panel that certified the accuracy of climate change attribution science. “This is the new climate normal that we all need to come to grips with,” Titley said. “And it's stunning how quickly our climate has changed.” Natural random weather variations and climate change combined to make it a weird February, meteorologists said. Overall, NOAA said it was the sixth warmest U.S. winter on record, about 3.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. “You definitely do feel that this is going to be something that you get to enjoy now and you pay for after the fact,” said Vecchi, who was biking in short-sleeves in New Jersey last month.

Daffodils bloom in New York's Central Park, Feb. 28, 2017. Meteorologists say a freakishly warm February broke more than 11,700 local daily records but not a 1954 record for the nation’s warmest.​

Oklahoma University meteorology professor Jason Furtado said he worries that the lack of deep Arctic cold plunges in February means the Gulf of Mexico never cooled down. And when severe weather season in the spring starts, the moisture coming north from warmer Gulf waters will goose outbreaks and increase the probability of nasty spring storms and tornadoes. Massachusetts already had an unprecedented February tornado. A March frost could kill early blooming trees and flowers and the lack of a proper winter could lead to more mosquitoes and ticks this year, Vecchi said. “What is lurking behind the corner while we're outside throwing a Frisbee might be looking to make our lives less pleasant,” he said.

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US

Yep. And I got over 17 FEET of snow where I am. Waaaaaay, above normal. That's why they call it "weather".

Which says what? What was the temperature? Was it above or below average? So, was the snow something that represented unusual cold, or a precipitation event? If it was a precipitation event, then it is representative of a warming climate that evaporates more water, and increases precipitation. So, was the average warmer or colder during these snows.

 

[westwall]

It didn't snow in Chicago...

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US
March 08, 2017 | WASHINGTON — A freakishly balmy February broke more than 11,700 local daily records for warmth in the United States, but it didn't quite beat 1954 for the warmest February on record, climate scientists said.

The average temperature last month was 41.2 degrees - 7.3 degrees warmer than normal but three-tenths a degree behind the record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Wednesday. It was unseasonably toasty for most of the country east of the Rockies, but a cool Pacific Northwest kept the national record from falling, said NOAA climate scientist Jake Crouch. Chicago had no snow. Oklahoma hit 99 degrees. Texas and Louisiana had their hottest February. NOAA said local weather stations broke or tied warm temperature records 11,743 times but set cold records only 418 times.

An international science team's computer analysis of causes of extreme weather calculated that man-made global warming tripled the likelihood for the nation's unusually warm February. The mostly private team of researchers, called World Weather Attribution, uses accepted scientific techniques to figure if climate change plays a role in extreme events based on computer simulations of real world conditions and those without heat-trapping gases. “I don't recall ever seeing a February like this,” said Princeton University climate scientist Gabe Vecchi, who was part of the quick attribution study that was not peer reviewed. “We expect this to happen with more and more frequency over time.”

‘The new climate normal’

Several outside scientists praised the quick study, including Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor David Titley, who was on a National Academy of Sciences panel that certified the accuracy of climate change attribution science. “This is the new climate normal that we all need to come to grips with,” Titley said. “And it's stunning how quickly our climate has changed.” Natural random weather variations and climate change combined to make it a weird February, meteorologists said. Overall, NOAA said it was the sixth warmest U.S. winter on record, about 3.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. “You definitely do feel that this is going to be something that you get to enjoy now and you pay for after the fact,” said Vecchi, who was biking in short-sleeves in New Jersey last month.

Daffodils bloom in New York's Central Park, Feb. 28, 2017. Meteorologists say a freakishly warm February broke more than 11,700 local daily records but not a 1954 record for the nation’s warmest.​

Oklahoma University meteorology professor Jason Furtado said he worries that the lack of deep Arctic cold plunges in February means the Gulf of Mexico never cooled down. And when severe weather season in the spring starts, the moisture coming north from warmer Gulf waters will goose outbreaks and increase the probability of nasty spring storms and tornadoes. Massachusetts already had an unprecedented February tornado. A March frost could kill early blooming trees and flowers and the lack of a proper winter could lead to more mosquitoes and ticks this year, Vecchi said. “What is lurking behind the corner while we're outside throwing a Frisbee might be looking to make our lives less pleasant,” he said.

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US

Yep. And I got over 17 FEET of snow where I am. Waaaaaay, above normal. That's why they call it "weather".

Which says what? What was the temperature? Was it above or below average? So, was the snow something that represented unusual cold, or a precipitation event? If it was a precipitation event, then it is representative of a warming climate that evaporates more water, and increases precipitation. So, was the average warmer or colder during these snows.

Below average. And by quite a bit. Short term weather is not indicative of anything other than the weather. Remember the old adage, "climate is what you expect, weather is what you get:.

 

[Old Rocks]

It didn't snow in Chicago...

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US
March 08, 2017 | WASHINGTON — A freakishly balmy February broke more than 11,700 local daily records for warmth in the United States, but it didn't quite beat 1954 for the warmest February on record, climate scientists said.

The average temperature last month was 41.2 degrees - 7.3 degrees warmer than normal but three-tenths a degree behind the record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported Wednesday. It was unseasonably toasty for most of the country east of the Rockies, but a cool Pacific Northwest kept the national record from falling, said NOAA climate scientist Jake Crouch. Chicago had no snow. Oklahoma hit 99 degrees. Texas and Louisiana had their hottest February. NOAA said local weather stations broke or tied warm temperature records 11,743 times but set cold records only 418 times.

An international science team's computer analysis of causes of extreme weather calculated that man-made global warming tripled the likelihood for the nation's unusually warm February. The mostly private team of researchers, called World Weather Attribution, uses accepted scientific techniques to figure if climate change plays a role in extreme events based on computer simulations of real world conditions and those without heat-trapping gases. “I don't recall ever seeing a February like this,” said Princeton University climate scientist Gabe Vecchi, who was part of the quick attribution study that was not peer reviewed. “We expect this to happen with more and more frequency over time.”

‘The new climate normal’

Several outside scientists praised the quick study, including Pennsylvania State University meteorology professor David Titley, who was on a National Academy of Sciences panel that certified the accuracy of climate change attribution science. “This is the new climate normal that we all need to come to grips with,” Titley said. “And it's stunning how quickly our climate has changed.” Natural random weather variations and climate change combined to make it a weird February, meteorologists said. Overall, NOAA said it was the sixth warmest U.S. winter on record, about 3.7 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. “You definitely do feel that this is going to be something that you get to enjoy now and you pay for after the fact,” said Vecchi, who was biking in short-sleeves in New Jersey last month.

Daffodils bloom in New York's Central Park, Feb. 28, 2017. Meteorologists say a freakishly warm February broke more than 11,700 local daily records but not a 1954 record for the nation’s warmest.​

Oklahoma University meteorology professor Jason Furtado said he worries that the lack of deep Arctic cold plunges in February means the Gulf of Mexico never cooled down. And when severe weather season in the spring starts, the moisture coming north from warmer Gulf waters will goose outbreaks and increase the probability of nasty spring storms and tornadoes. Massachusetts already had an unprecedented February tornado. A March frost could kill early blooming trees and flowers and the lack of a proper winter could lead to more mosquitoes and ticks this year, Vecchi said. “What is lurking behind the corner while we're outside throwing a Frisbee might be looking to make our lives less pleasant,” he said.

Study: Climate Change Goosed Odds of Freakishly Hot February in US

Yep. And I got over 17 FEET of snow where I am. Waaaaaay, above normal. That's why they call it "weather".

Which says what? What was the temperature? Was it above or below average? So, was the snow something that represented unusual cold, or a precipitation event? If it was a precipitation event, then it is representative of a warming climate that evaporates more water, and increases precipitation. So, was the average warmer or colder during these snows.

Link?



Below average. And by quite a bit. Short term weather is not indicative of anything other than the weather. Remember the old adage, "climate is what you expect, weather is what you get:.

 

[RollingThunder]

Hottest July Ever?

Actually, walleyed, August tied with July for the title of the 'hottest month ever recorded'.

August Ties July as Hottest Month Ever on Record
ClimateCentral
By Andrea Thompson
September 12th, 2016
In what has become a common refrain this year, last month ranked as the hottest August on record, according to NASA data released Monday. Not only that, but the month tied July as the hottest month the world has seen in the last 136 years.

August came in at 1.76˚F (0.98˚C) above the average from 1951-1980, 0.16C above August 2014, the previous record holder. The record keeps 2016 on track to be the hottest year in the books by a fair margin.

Watch global temperatures rise over time, culminating in the streak of record hot months of 2016, including July and August, the two hottest months on record. - Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

That August continued the streak of record hot months this year and tied July as the hottest month was somewhat unexpected. The seasonal temperature cycle generally reaches a peak in July, as it did this year. But August was so anomalously warm — more so even than July — that it tied that month’s overall temperature.

It was also thought that July would likely be the last record hot month of the year, given the dissipation of El Niño.

In NASA’s dataset, August marks the 11th record-setting month in a row. That streak goes back 15 months through July in data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Each agency handles the global temperature data slightly differently and uses a different period of comparison, leading to slight differences in the monthly and yearly temperature numbers. Overall, though, both datasets show clear agreement in the overall warming trend.

That trend is what Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and other climate scientists emphasize. It is that excess heat that has accumulated over decades thanks to rising levels of greenhouse gases that accounts for the bulk of this year’s record warmth, with El Niño providing only a small boost.


How temperatures across the globe compared to normal during August 2016. - Credit: NASA

"Monthly rankings, which vary by only a few hundredths of a degree, are inherently fragile," Schmidt said in a statement. "We stress that the long-term trends are the most important for understanding the ongoing changes that are affecting our planet."

Through July, the global temperature for the year was 1.31˚C (2.36˚F) above the average from that period. A new average will be calculated through August when NOAA releases its temperature data on Sept. 20.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dats right - we're like frogs inna kettle...

Last Three Years Hottest on Record, UN Report Says
March 21, 2018 — The past three years were the hottest on record and heat waves in Australia, freak Arctic warmth and water shortages in Cape Town are extending harmful weather extremes in 2018, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Atlantic hurricanes and monsoon floods in India contributed to make 2017 the most costly year on record for severe weather and climate events, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) wrote in its annual report on the global climate. “The start of 2018 has continued where 2017 left off” with extreme weather claiming lives and destroying livelihoods,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas wrote in the report. The study confirmed a provisional finding that 2016 was the warmest year in records dating back to the 19th century, with 2017 and 2015 tied for second place in a warming trend the WMO blames on man-made emissions of greenhouse gases.

This Oct. 31, 2012 file aerial photo shows a collapsed house along the central Jersey Shore coast. Polling shows that a clear majority of mayors are prepared to confront President Donald Trump's administration over climate change.​

Last year was the hottest year without an extra boost from an El Nino event that releases heat from the Pacific Ocean. Taalas said unusually high temperatures in the Arctic in 2018 contrasted with bitter winter storms in Europe and North America. Also so far in 2018, “Australia and Argentina suffered extreme heat waves, whilst drought continued in Kenya and Somalia, and the South African city of Cape Town struggled with acute water shortages,” he said. The report said that German reinsurer Munich Re estimated total disaster losses from weather and climate-related events in 2017 at $320 billion, a record after adjustment for inflation.

In 2015, almost 200 nations agreed to shift the global economy away from fossil fuels this century as part of the Paris climate agreement. U.S. President Donald Trump, who doubts that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the prime cause of warming, has said he will withdraw from the pact, and instead promote domestic coal, gas and oil. The WMO said that levels of carbon dioxide were now above 400 parts per million of the atmosphere — far above natural variations in the past 800,000 years and backing up mainstream scientific findings that mankind is the cause. Carbon dioxide “will remain above that level for generations to come, committing our planet to a warmer future, with more weather, climate and water extremes,” Taalas said.

Last Three Years Hottest on Record, UN Report Says

 

[westwall]

Granny says, "Dats right - we're like frogs inna kettle...

Last Three Years Hottest on Record, UN Report Says
March 21, 2018 — The past three years were the hottest on record and heat waves in Australia, freak Arctic warmth and water shortages in Cape Town are extending harmful weather extremes in 2018, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Atlantic hurricanes and monsoon floods in India contributed to make 2017 the most costly year on record for severe weather and climate events, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) wrote in its annual report on the global climate. “The start of 2018 has continued where 2017 left off” with extreme weather claiming lives and destroying livelihoods,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas wrote in the report. The study confirmed a provisional finding that 2016 was the warmest year in records dating back to the 19th century, with 2017 and 2015 tied for second place in a warming trend the WMO blames on man-made emissions of greenhouse gases.

This Oct. 31, 2012 file aerial photo shows a collapsed house along the central Jersey Shore coast. Polling shows that a clear majority of mayors are prepared to confront President Donald Trump's administration over climate change.​

Last year was the hottest year without an extra boost from an El Nino event that releases heat from the Pacific Ocean. Taalas said unusually high temperatures in the Arctic in 2018 contrasted with bitter winter storms in Europe and North America. Also so far in 2018, “Australia and Argentina suffered extreme heat waves, whilst drought continued in Kenya and Somalia, and the South African city of Cape Town struggled with acute water shortages,” he said. The report said that German reinsurer Munich Re estimated total disaster losses from weather and climate-related events in 2017 at $320 billion, a record after adjustment for inflation.

In 2015, almost 200 nations agreed to shift the global economy away from fossil fuels this century as part of the Paris climate agreement. U.S. President Donald Trump, who doubts that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the prime cause of warming, has said he will withdraw from the pact, and instead promote domestic coal, gas and oil. The WMO said that levels of carbon dioxide were now above 400 parts per million of the atmosphere — far above natural variations in the past 800,000 years and backing up mainstream scientific findings that mankind is the cause. Carbon dioxide “will remain above that level for generations to come, committing our planet to a warmer future, with more weather, climate and water extremes,” Taalas said.

Last Three Years Hottest on Record, UN Report Says

Yet more horse dung. Funny how the "records" are always smaller than the ability of the instrumentation to measure.

 

[JoeMoma]

I would like to know how the AVERAGE temperature is calculated. Is the sampling method consistant from year to year? How can average temperatures prior to 1900 be adequately compared to today’s average temperatures when the sampling methods used must be very different?

We are looking at a very small window of data that is directly comparable.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Funny how the "records" are always smaller than the ability of the instrumentation to measure.

Now see, when you say things like that, it becomes rather clear to those in the know that you are being intentionally dishonest. You claim to have a science and math background, and then you say something so goddamed absurd as this.

To everyone else:

This is horseshit right here. Westwall is clearly being dishonest. If he is not, then he has just said something very, very dumb. Hey, how can I baseball player have a .311 average? i mean, we only measure hits in integers, right?!?!?!?!... how could a hitter batting .300 POSSIBLY be better than a hitter hitting .250? i mean .. .we can't even MEASURE one-twentieth of a hit, right? Pfft... silly baseball people, what a bunch of idiots...

Or: how could we possibly

See, when creating averages, it is ok to compare two averages in baseball, even when they are out to 3 decimal places (despite comparing less than 1000 ABs or even less than 100 ABs). One is clearly higher than another.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

I would like to know how the AVERAGE temperature is calculated

Climate Change: Global Temperature | NOAA Climate.gov

 

[frigidweirdo]

I would like to know how the AVERAGE temperature is calculated. Is the sampling method consistant from year to year? How can average temperatures prior to 1900 be adequately compared to today’s average temperatures when the sampling methods used must be very different?

We are looking at a very small window of data that is directly comparable.

Well, there's that.

However in recent times we have a lot more data.

Explainer: How do scientists measure global temperature? | Carbon Brief

"To get a complete picture of Earth’s temperature, scientists combine measurements from the air above land and the ocean surface collected by ships, buoys and sometimes satellites, too."

Lots of places to collect data. From satellites, and elsewhere.

"
Scientists use four major datasets to study global temperature. The UK Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit jointly produce HadCRUT4 .

In the US, the GISTEMP series comes via the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences (GISS), while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) creates the MLOST record. The Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA) produces a fourth dataset."

"The answer to this lies in how the different datasets deal with having little or no data in remote parts of the world, measurement errors, changes in instrumentation over time and other factors that make capturing global temperature a less-than-straightforward task."

"Data coverage has, perhaps, the biggest influence. NASA GISTEMP has the most comprehensive coverage, with measurements over 99 per cent of the globe. By contrast, JMA covers just 85 per cent of the globe, with particularly poor data in the poles, Africa and Asia."

"It’s reasonable then that a missing Arctic could lead to a global temperature that’s lower than in the real world."

So yes, there are concerns about how the data is collected.

However if you measure temperatures all over the world, but miss some places out, and see a rise in temperatures every year, more or less, even though you're missing places out, chances are that the temperatures are rising.

However interpreting what you're reading is important.

Those who take the data and HONESTLY report the data will talk about how global temperature measurements are rising, rather than global temperatures.

Some sites don't understand what they're writing, but usually the problem lies with the READERS of the articles making assumes that they shouldn't, not understanding all the words, missing bits out and coming to a bad conclusion.

The scientists and science reporters can't really control how people read things.

 

[westwall]

Funny how the "records" are always smaller than the ability of the instrumentation to measure.

Now see, when you say things like that, it becomes rather clear to those in the know that you are being intentionally dishonest. You claim to have a science and math background, and then you say something so goddamed absurd as this.

To everyone else:

This is horseshit right here. Westwall is clearly being dishonest. If he is not, then he has just said something very, very dumb. Hey, how can I baseball player have a .311 average? i mean, we only measure hits in integers, right?!?!?!?!... how could a hitter batting .300 POSSIBLY be better than a hitter hitting .250? i mean .. .we can't even MEASURE one-twentieth of a hit, right? Pfft... silly baseball people, what a bunch of idiots...

Or: how could we possibly

See, when creating averages, it is ok to compare two averages in baseball, even when they are out to 3 decimal places (despite comparing less than 1000 ABs or even less than 100 ABs). One is clearly higher than another.

May i suggest you actually LOOK at what they claim before you make an idiot of yourself yet again. The claim is the temp is up .004 degrees C. The reality is the measuring devices are accurate to within .10 degree's C. So, you tell me, genius, how can they make the claim of record temps when i can just as easily claim that the temp DROPPED by .004 degree's? Hmmmm? Riddle me that batman...

 

[JoeMoma]

I would like to know how the AVERAGE temperature is calculated. Is the sampling method consistant from year to year? How can average temperatures prior to 1900 be adequately compared to today’s average temperatures when the sampling methods used must be very different?

We are looking at a very small window of data that is directly comparable.

Well, there's that.

However in recent times we have a lot more data.

Explainer: How do scientists measure global temperature? | Carbon Brief

"To get a complete picture of Earth’s temperature, scientists combine measurements from the air above land and the ocean surface collected by ships, buoys and sometimes satellites, too."

Lots of places to collect data. From satellites, and elsewhere.

"
Scientists use four major datasets to study global temperature. The UK Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit jointly produce HadCRUT4 .

In the US, the GISTEMP series comes via the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences (GISS), while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) creates the MLOST record. The Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA) produces a fourth dataset."

"The answer to this lies in how the different datasets deal with having little or no data in remote parts of the world, measurement errors, changes in instrumentation over time and other factors that make capturing global temperature a less-than-straightforward task."

"Data coverage has, perhaps, the biggest influence. NASA GISTEMP has the most comprehensive coverage, with measurements over 99 per cent of the globe. By contrast, JMA covers just 85 per cent of the globe, with particularly poor data in the poles, Africa and Asia."

"It’s reasonable then that a missing Arctic could lead to a global temperature that’s lower than in the real world."

So yes, there are concerns about how the data is collected.

However if you measure temperatures all over the world, but miss some places out, and see a rise in temperatures every year, more or less, even though you're missing places out, chances are that the temperatures are rising.

However interpreting what you're reading is important.

Those who take the data and HONESTLY report the data will talk about how global temperature measurements are rising, rather than global temperatures.

Some sites don't understand what they're writing, but usually the problem lies with the READERS of the articles making assumes that they shouldn't, not understanding all the words, missing bits out and coming to a bad conclusion.

The scientists and science reporters can't really control how people read things.

Still a small window (time period) of data.