The station was opened by the Russians but now is run by the Russians, French and Americans. The mean temperature for Vostok in 1958 was -55.4 degrees Celsius. Ten years later in 1968 the mean was -55.7 degrees, slightly colder. Another 10 years goes by and in 1978 the mean at the station is -55.2 degrees, a bit warmer. By 1988 the mean temperature had risen a little to -55.1 degrees. During the 10 year period from 1978 to 1988 the world record low temperature of -129 degrees was reached at the station on July 21st 1983. By 1998 a year after the great El Nino of 1997 Vostok had a mean temperature of -56.6, a bit colder than 10 years earlier.
Last year the station had a mean temperature of -55.6 a little warmer or should I say less cold! The -55.6 is slightly colder by 0.2 degrees than the -55.4 recorded 50 years ago, not much warming going on here and in fact none. See the graph in figure 2 for a visual of how little change there has been at Vostok. Granted this is only one station but the fact remains that this is REAL DATA and not statistical game playing. The numbers speak for themselves. By the way on August 8th 2005 Vostok had an unofficial low temperature of -122 degrees, very cool indeed.
Amundsen Scot AFB (figure 3) at the South Pole (#1 on the map) shows no real annual or summer warming also - with a slight (0.15C) winter cooling. The winter of 2004 was the coldest in the entire record as was the summer of 2000. Read full PDF
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Regardless of Dr. Mann's assertion on this issue the trend seems prove otherwise. Let me also say this, a little story on data collection by NOAA, in California, they have 27 data collection sites that collect temp data for use in collecting temp samples for long term data use. Of those 27 sites only 2 are used by NOAA in their annual assesment of temps. for California they are LA and Santa Monica collection stations, both of which are in large urban area's. This is an example of the data in which you arrive at the temp. rise delta by excluding rural collection sites and not averaging the whole. This the reason it is a theory. Further, I also will have you look at your TV set today, did you happen to notice they are not exactly having a record hot day in Washington D.C. today. As I said, a theory is just that.
Last year the station had a mean temperature of -55.6 a little warmer or should I say less cold! The -55.6 is slightly colder by 0.2 degrees than the -55.4 recorded 50 years ago, not much warming going on here and in fact none. See the graph in figure 2 for a visual of how little change there has been at Vostok. Granted this is only one station but the fact remains that this is REAL DATA and not statistical game playing. The numbers speak for themselves. By the way on August 8th 2005 Vostok had an unofficial low temperature of -122 degrees, very cool indeed.
Amundsen Scot AFB (figure 3) at the South Pole (#1 on the map) shows no real annual or summer warming also - with a slight (0.15C) winter cooling. The winter of 2004 was the coldest in the entire record as was the summer of 2000. Read full PDF
ICECAP
Regardless of Dr. Mann's assertion on this issue the trend seems prove otherwise. Let me also say this, a little story on data collection by NOAA, in California, they have 27 data collection sites that collect temp data for use in collecting temp samples for long term data use. Of those 27 sites only 2 are used by NOAA in their annual assesment of temps. for California they are LA and Santa Monica collection stations, both of which are in large urban area's. This is an example of the data in which you arrive at the temp. rise delta by excluding rural collection sites and not averaging the whole. This the reason it is a theory. Further, I also will have you look at your TV set today, did you happen to notice they are not exactly having a record hot day in Washington D.C. today. As I said, a theory is just that.
