Posted on 08/15/2023 11:31:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
Aug. 14 (UPI) -- July was the hottest month on record in 143 years, as Americans felt "the effects of the climate crisis," scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York announced Monday.
According to NASA, July 2023 was on average 0.43 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than any other July on record. It was also 2.1 degrees warmer than the average July between 1951 and 1980, according to GISS which defines "normal" temperatures as lasting several decades, typically 30 years. The five hottest Julys since 1880 have all occurred in the past five years, NASA says.
"This July was not just warmer than any previous July -- it was the warmest month in our record, which goes back to 1880," NASA's GISS Director Gavin Schmidt said.
"The science is clear this isn't normal. Alarming warming around the world is driven primarily by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. And that rise in average temperature is fueling dangerous extreme heat that people are experiencing here at home and worldwide," Schmidt added.
Some parts of the world were hotter than others and experienced temperatures around 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit above average. Tens of millions of people in parts of North America, South America, North Africa and the Antarctic Peninsula spent July under heat warnings, as hundreds suffered heat-related illnesses and deaths.
"Climate change is impacting people and ecosystems around the world, and we expect many of these impacts to escalate with continued warming," said Katherine Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Last week, the European Union's climate monitor also called July 2023 the hottest month around the globe with 29 of the warmest days ever recorded.
Copernicus, which tracks worldwide climate data for the EU, said daily surface air temperatures have risen drastically since 1940 with 2023 being the hottest summer on record.
NASA blames high sea surface temperatures and El Niño in the eastern tropical Pacific for contributing to July's record heat. NASA expects to see the biggest impacts of El Niño -- which can cause severe storms in some areas and drought in others -- in February, March and April of 2024.
"Since day one, President Biden has treated the climate crisis as the existential threat of our time," said Ali Zaidi, White House National Climate Advisor. "Against the backdrop of record high temperatures, wildfires and floods, NASA's analysis puts into context the urgency of President Biden's unprecedented climate leadership."
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson agreed, in a post on X.
"NASA data confirms what billions around the world literally felt: temperatures in July 2023 made it the hottest month on record. In every corner of the country, Americans are right now experiencing firsthand the effects of the climate crisis, underscoring the urgency of President Biden's historic climate agenda," Nelson said.
"The science is clear. We must act now to protect our communities and planet; it's the only one we have."
1934
“ The 1930s still win!”
The 30’s were brutal. My grandparents got married in 35. My grandfather started clearing a 100 acre patch of trees with an axe and a team of mules. No AC, no electricity, no running water.
Yea, those were some tough folks back then!
I’ll be at your funeral bro.
LOL. I;ll have to remember that...
Earth has been around for 5,000,000,000 years.
We have reliable temperature records for less than 500 years.
SO “science” wants to EXTRAPOLATE based on 0.00001% data?
Their lies are becoming quite normal.
There are NO reliable GLOBAL temperatures before 1980.
The first temperature satellites did not appear until 1979.
A world wide network of ocean surface temperature buoys did not exist before 1980.
A comprehensive network of polar temperatures did not exist before 1980.
This is pure speculation - and zero science!
GISS has long been a hotbed of lefty CO2 hate incitement.
Except for 1936, which broke all US records, and they’re still broke.
NASA and others manipulated data to “cool the past” (!!!) so they can claim this. Their own temp graphs from 1999 showed the truth.
Avail on WattsUpWithThat.com.
Of course it’s not normal.
That’s what makes averages.
If today’s temps are not normal then what is normal? Can anyone say what normal temp is without just describing the temperature that person would prefer?
A difference that nobody would even feel.
“”The science is clear.
Anyone who says that is a politician and not a scientist.
Run into the same problems with people applying lab perfect conditions and margins of error to astrophysics...
Average, sure but what’s the “normal” of which you speak.
Dear Sheri,
Please...just...stop.
Hunga-Tonga volcano taken into account in this prediction?
The sky is falling and we’re all gonna die.
Just like the Rona.
“Get your free booster shots at Walgreens, CVS, etc. Today! “
5.56mm
Winter
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Summer 🌞 👈 We are here.
Fall
Am pleased that there are still some who do a little research.
From what I have learned. We will see an increase in wild weather swings through the next two or maybe three years. Then it will drop off as that water vapor settles out.
That is, unless there is another VEI 6 or so happens. That happens and that joins the water vapor up there and all bets are off.
They say that vapor will be up there for at least ten years from the date of the eruption. That increases the chance of another major eruption happening within that time period.
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