2nd coldest January for the planet in 15 years

Watts up with that ^ | 2/4/08 | Anthony Watts

[Straight Vermonter]

UPDATE - see new graph of global ∆T for the past year below. There has been a global drop in temperature of 0.63 degrees Centigrade in the past 12 months.

Of course we already have had a heads up from all the wire reports around the world talking about the significant winter weather events that have occurred worldwide in the last month, but until now, there hasn’t been a measure of how the planet was doing for the winter of 2007/2008.

Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa just posted the latest MSU (Microwave Sounder Unit) data.

January posted a -.08°C near global anomaly between -70S and 82.5N latitude (the viewshed of the satellite sounder). That makes it the coldest month since January 2000, and the 2nd coldest January for the planet in 15 years. Both northern and southern hemispheres posted negative anomalies of -.120°C and -.038°C respectively, happening for the first time since January 2000.

The United States posted a -.557°C anomaly for January 2008 and a -0.196°C anomaly for December 2007.

Here is the raw anomaly data for January 2008

Year	Month		-70.0/ 82.5	-20.0/ 20.0	20.0/ 82.5	-70.0/ -20.0	60.0/ 82.5	-70.0/ -60.0	CONUS	0.0/ 82.5	-70.0/ 0.0
2008	1	-0.080	-0.188	-0.063	0.025	0.288	-0.833		-0.557	-0.120	-0.038

Which can be viewed in its entirety here (.txt data)

Here is my plot of the raw, unedited Global anomaly data (-70S to 82.5N) supplied by RSS per month. Note that the anomaly trend between late 2007 and early 2008 is quite steep and that the period leading up to 2008 is relatively flat.

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UPDATE:

I decided to plot a magnified graph to show the global change in temperature over the last year from January 2007 to January 2008, the ∆T of -0.629°C is quite significant for a 12 month period, rivaled in the last 10 years only by the 1998 El Nino warming peak.

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Probable cause- Mucho Grande La Nina. It looks like we may have a PDO shift as well. But as some say, trying to correlate such things is a “fools errand”. But, judge for yourself.

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We live in interesting times.
(h/t MattN)

[ChiefKujo]

On that first graph, if I was riding the channel, I would have had a trailing stop which would have kicked in and I’d now be looking elsewhere.

[Not A Snowbird]

We’re going to get another 2 feet of global warming in the Cascades tonight.

Wonderful skiing, if you can get to it! Expect I-90 to close yet again for avalanche control.

[dfwgator]

Where’s Al Gore?

And John McCain?

[vpintheak]

It’s a catastrophe I tell ya!

[vpintheak]

It’s -45 in Fairbanks! I just hate that global warming crap!

[Secret Agent Man]

OMG GLOBAL WARMING!!!!! WE’RE ALL GONNA BURN!!!!!

[RightWhale]

It’s been a cold January, but not like the January three years ago. We saw a real -51 then. This January was only -38. These are front porch readings, not official.

[SoldierDad]

Ah, the good ole days of subzero temperatures - I remember my five years in North Dakota during the 80’s fondly.

[CedarDave]

Chama New Mexico has received 12 feet of snow this winter. The Governor has declared an emergency and this morning sent in the National Guard. Roofs have collapsed on the town food market and Catholic church plus private residences, water lines frozen and some elderly persons trapped and unable to get out. Some pictures below:

[justa-hairyape]

Wow. Incredible images. We also have some on this thread started a couple days ago. There are also some links to incredible snow depth maps.

Idahna, Oregon buried in snow; Mayor asks for emergency help

[justa-hairyape]

For the record, we're having a record heat wave in western PA: 60 degrees.

Southeast and central east has gotten off fairly easy this winter. Classic strong La Nina now formed in the Pacific. If the Atlantic cools off next winter, you wont see that kind of temp at this time of year. The west also had a record heat wave in February of last year. So perhaps you are one season behind on the march toward Global Cooling. The Pacific leads the way.

[Cementjungle]

Where’s Al Gore?

Preparing to get his award for this huge success in his efforts!!!

[justa-hairyape]

Second coldest in 15 years. what about the third warmest in the last 3 years. what’s with picking arbitrary times out of thin air?

This was not predicted in any of the Global Cooling Computer Models.

[steelyourfaith]

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[justa-hairyape]

OOPS. Global Cooling Computer Models Should Read Global Warming Computer Models. There, that makes better sense. Gee, I need to look both ways before I post.

[justa-hairyape]

The United States posted a -.557°C anomaly for January 2008 and a -0.196°C anomaly for December 2007.

And I bet if you looked at just the Western US (west of the continental divide) that incredible anomaly would be even greater.

[Just mythoughts]

Well you tell those Iraqis that it won’t happen again if the American people will elect John McCain.... /s ( I am just kidding you and mean absolutely no offense... I love to read your reports.

[Entrepreneur]

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