Posted on 07/10/2012 5:53:14 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
(CNN) -- The mainland United States, which was largely recovering Monday from a near-nationwide heat wave, has experienced the warmest 12 months since record-keeping began in 1895, a top government science and weather agency announced Monday.
The report from the National Climatic Data Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, does not take into account blistering heat from this month, with 2,116 high temperature marks either broken or tied between July 2 and July 8 in communities nationwide.
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Fortunately, it’s been a much cooler summer in Texas than last year.
Aren’t these the guys who, under the leadership of Hansen, have been caught adjusting older temperatures down and more recent temperature up to make the slight temperature rise since 1885 look much more dramatic? The most recent big story is that a 2000 year temperature reconstruction has found that both the Roman and Medieval Warm periods had actually been much warmer than believed making the past two millennia an overall period of cooling. We’re at the low end. The hottest years in the last century have been, in order, 1921, 1934, and 1933. Des Moines, for instance, during 1933 had 31 days of 100+ temperatures, two of them in May, most of them well above 100, up to 112. Before this year, there was a single day that made 100 in Des Moines in the previous 9 years. Interestingly, for the month of June, the average temperature for the U.S. stayed about even with the previous year. It was just that there were some parts in the middle that were unusually hot while parts of the east and west coasts were unusually cold. I believe that 25 states had record low temperatures for the month of June.
Fortunately, it’s been a much cooler summer in Texas than last year.
You think it’s hot now...........just wait until I get back to the States.
wow you had a lot of damage.....
Quite the opposite in Alaska, had a record snowfall last winter, and now the coldest summer is about to be a record. I had two days of over 70 degree days so far. Barely got over 60 in the last couple of weeks here. This is Wasilla, AK.
Current Global Weather Patterns Normal Despite Government and Media Distortions
I would expect Alaska was not included in the NWS temperature calculations.
117 year's worth of records (incomplete and sketchy at that) on a 4.5 billion year old planet. pfft
Extreme winter weather in Peru: Government sending blankets to freezing people
Maybe Gaia is just a schizophrenic. ;^)
Thanks MonicaG.
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