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2nd coldest January for the planet in 15 years
Watts up with that ^
| 2/4/08
| Anthony Watts
Posted on 02/05/2008 11:24:11 AM PST by 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.
![rss-msu-monthly-anom520.png](http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/rss-msu-monthly-anom520.png)
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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.
![rss-msu-2007-2008-delta520.png](http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/rss-msu-2007-2008-delta520.png)
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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.
![lanina02-2008.png](http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/lanina02-2008.png)
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We live in interesting times.
(h/t MattN)
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agw; globalcooling; globalwarming; gorebullwarming; manbearpig; weather
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To: Straight Vermonter
To: Straight Vermonter
To: Straight Vermonter
Perhaps when algore said that we now know that global climate change is much worse than we previously thought, he meant that this new data further discrediting his whole global warming alarmism is worse news for his diciples than he thought.
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posted on
02/05/2008 11:29:46 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
(Romney 2008 - The most palatable RINO left in the race)
To: Straight Vermonter
Baghdad, January 11, 2008.
The Iraqis always said this just doesn't happen here.
But it did. ;-)
5
posted on
02/05/2008 11:30:51 AM PST
by
Allegra
(A chicken in every pot and a pair of new socks every day.)
To: Straight Vermonter
Clearly, the problem here is that the satellite sounder isn't located near burning trash fires and air conditioner exhausts. Somebody get on that, will ya?
All kidding aside, nice analysis.
6
posted on
02/05/2008 11:31:23 AM PST
by
Jagman
(Lapdogs rule!)
To: Straight Vermonter
I’ll try to keep my pet rock from braging too much. It knows it’s got more smarts than algorejr.
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posted on
02/05/2008 11:34:05 AM PST
by
Waco
To: Waco
Whether it’s terror news or this kind of research, your work is teriffic.
8
posted on
02/05/2008 11:41:10 AM PST
by
FARS
To: Straight Vermonter; Waco
Ooops! Sorry Waco, compliment was for Straight Vermonter. Clicked on wrong reply.
9
posted on
02/05/2008 11:43:39 AM PST
by
FARS
To: Straight Vermonter
anchorage, alaska in march 2012. according to al bore.
10
posted on
02/05/2008 11:43:53 AM PST
by
robomatik
(......uh since fred and duncan are out, i think i need a new tagline. =()
To: FARS
Thanks FARS. Anthony Watts’ site is a great resource for global warming info.
11
posted on
02/05/2008 11:46:19 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Straight Vermonter
Don’tcha just hate this damned Global Warming (Whinning)
12
posted on
02/05/2008 11:53:47 AM PST
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
To: SoldierDad
Dontcha just hate this damned Global Warming (Whinning) Call the New York Times, it's Global Cooling Again!
13
posted on
02/05/2008 11:58:02 AM PST
by
sr4402
To: Straight Vermonter
So what could account for the blast of hot air in 1998?
Why, that is the year the Clintons were spinning the Monica scandal. Coincidence? I think not.
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posted on
02/05/2008 12:08:28 PM PST
by
Bubba_Leroy
("I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in the tooth fairy." - John Edwards)
To: Straight Vermonter
it IS coming tho! it IS! it IS! it IS! i'm serial..this is really hugh.
LOOK! it's manbearpig! And he's got ICED TEA!
15
posted on
02/05/2008 12:08:48 PM PST
by
sweet_diane
(207 days to kickoff! Roll Tide ROLL ! (Now the #1 recruiting class in the country!))
To: Straight Vermonter
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?
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posted on
02/05/2008 12:10:45 PM PST
by
isrul
To: sr4402
Call the New York Times, it's Global Cooling Again! Haven't you noticed that the MSM has already started using the phrase "Global Climate Change" instead of "Global Warming"?
Global Climate Change is so much more flexible of a theory than Global Warming or Global Cooling.
Is it hotter today than average? Proof positive of Global Climate Change.
Colder than average? Global Climate Change.
Wetter, dryer, windier, less windy, cloudier, less cloudy? It doesn't matter. Whatever the weather is anywhere in the world it is proof of Global Climate Change caused by Bush and those damned SUVs.
Of course, the only way to fix the problem is socialize more and more of the world's economy and put liberals in charge.
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posted on
02/05/2008 12:17:13 PM PST
by
Bubba_Leroy
("I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in the tooth fairy." - John Edwards)
To: Straight Vermonter; All
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posted on
02/05/2008 12:33:51 PM PST
by
backhoe
(Just a Merry-Hearted Keyboard PirateBoy, plunderin’ his way across the WWW…)
To: Straight Vermonter
For the record, we're having a record heat wave in western PA: 60 degrees.
19
posted on
02/05/2008 12:35:30 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: isrul
/SARCASM OFF
The New York Times has been flipping between global cooling and global warming for over a century.
20
posted on
02/05/2008 12:49:14 PM PST
by
sr4402
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