Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
65F in SW Missouri in Winter? That's gotta be global warming right? Well no not necessarily. Looking at Intellicast's historic averages and records (kept since the late 1800s) 65 on Jan 28th isn't unprecedented, nor even a record. It's 22 deg above the average for this month, but not in record territory.
Intellicast - Springfield Historic Weather Averages in Missouri 65802
Record for the month is 76 set in 1950. And a day in Jan had 74 way back in 1890 long before any conceivable global warming effects were taking place.
Global warming is in fact happening, but a local anomolous variation isn't sufficient evidence to make any claims about what's going on. The recently published annual global average is the kind of proof you need to make any conclusions. But even then, only when compared against the whole of record-keeping history. Not yanking one year out and saying "ah ha!"
Intellicast - Springfield Historic Weather Averages in Missouri 65802
Record for the month is 76 set in 1950. And a day in Jan had 74 way back in 1890 long before any conceivable global warming effects were taking place.
Global warming is in fact happening, but a local anomolous variation isn't sufficient evidence to make any claims about what's going on. The recently published annual global average is the kind of proof you need to make any conclusions. But even then, only when compared against the whole of record-keeping history. Not yanking one year out and saying "ah ha!"