Sweltering July was 2nd hottest on record (Global Warming Amber Alert)

Associated Press ^ | Mon Aug 7, 2006

[PeteB570]

But the low hurricane count balances it all out.

[madison10]

July 1936 still holds the record at 77.5, while July 1934 fell to third place at 77.1, the agency said.

Global warming was running rampant in the 1930's I see. What nonsense.

[smokinleroy]

More than 2,300 daily temperature records were broken

It really bothers me when they use meaningless "statistics" like this. They could take one city block that is having it's "hottest day ever", walk around the block and measure the temperature at 2,300 different locations, and report the same sentence. It's like those stupid commercials for diets where they say "I lost 100 inches". I could lose 1/4 inch on my waste, take 400 measurements, shifting the measuring tape to a slightly different location each time, and say "I lost 100 inches".

Innumeracy!

[LasVegasMac]

These are the stupid idiots that make up the global warming movement. And that's what it is - a movement, not science. I didn't bother to explain to her that when it's summer in the northern hemisphere the Earth is farther away from the Sun in its orbit. Her brain would probably have exploded.

The other day, Rush was talking about someone that has come up with an "anti-stupid" pill.

Rush...now imgaine taking your kid to the doctor...."Doc, what's wrong with my kid?"

"Your kid is stupid!"

I'm thinking the girl you refer to is beyond repair.

wow.

[Fledermaus]

Excellent, and correct, analysis.

[Outland]

From the Gulf through the Midwest and into New England, 15 states recorded record-breaking high temperatures averaging 115º F (real temps, not a silly "heat index" number). More than 5,000 people succumbed to the heat. Huge numbers of livestock perished and 50 million acres of crops were damaged.

Surely, this should be proof enough of the increasing effects of "global warming" or "climate change".

Oh wait.... that was 1936!  And despite this year's heat wave, those 1936 record high temperatures still stand 70 years later.
 

Kansas	121º F	24-Jul
North Dakota	121º F	6-Jul
Arkansas	120º F	10-Aug
South Dakota	120º F	5-Jul
Texas	120º F	12-Aug
Nebraska	118º F	24-Jul
Indiana	116º F	14-Jul
Louisiana	114º F	10-Aug
Minnesota	114º F	6-Jul
Wisconsin	114º F	13-Jul
Michigan	112º F	13-Jul
West Virginia	112º F	10-Jul
Pennsylvania	111º F	10-Jul
New Jersey	110º F	10-Jul
Maryland	109º F	10-Jul

In fact, no other period in the U.S. (since the federal government began keeping records in 1890) has recorded so many record high temperatures for a single Summer.  Even the scorching hot Summer of 1995 only recorded a single record high temperature (106º F in Danbury, CT on July 15).

In 1930, June 1 to August 31 brought 21 days of high temperatures that were 100 degrees or above in the Washington, D.C., area. Another record as yet unbroken.

Melting glaciers? Alaska's highest recorded temperature of 100º F at Fort Yukon was on June 27, 1915.

But surely, the planet is getting hotter... Al Gore says so! Let's see.. the hottest temperature ever recorded anywhere was 136º F. But that was in Aziziyah, Libya, in September of 1922. How about in the U.S.?  That was 134º F near Death Valley in 1913.

More than 68% of the U.S. record high temperatures occurred prior to 1938. And that was way before air conditioning was commonplace and before it was available in automobiles. Imagine the horrors!.

Never mind the 5 inches of snow that fell in South Africa on August 3rd or the below-expected hurricane season so far this year... Al Gore says that nearly all "scientists" agree that we're doomed.

Temperature record information sourced from the Goddard Space Flight Center and NOAA.

[cogitator]

So despite 70 years of automobiles and those dreaded SUVs spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we still cannot top temps from the 1930s.

In July; because there was one massive, historical heat wave in July 1936 in the middle of the "Dust Bowl" heat and drought that set numerous records.

[cogitator]

Global warming was running rampant in the 1930's I see. What nonsense.

Actually, global temperatures warmed from the late 1800s into the 1930s, then cooled through the 1970s, then began warming again. The warming from the late 1800s to the 1930s is attributed to a combination of greenhouse gas warming and an increase in solar activity; current estimates are that 30-50% of the warming from the late 1800s to the 1930s was due to the increase in solar activity. The cooling from the 1930s peak is attributed to natural variability and increased sulfur aerosols from the massive war and post-war industrialization.

[dirtboy]

In July; because there was one massive, historical heat wave in July 1936 in the middle of the "Dust Bowl" heat and drought that set numerous records.

Now, since it was even hotter back then, do you suppose ... just for a moment ... that we are having a similar historical, naturally-occurring uptick in temps nowadays?

[Mr. Lucky]

Wouldn't this attribution appear more plausible if the cooling period commenced after WWII, rather than before?

[cogitator]

What's interesting is the the U.S., particularly the eastern U.S., has lagged behind the global temperature increase (some of the strongest warming has occurred in the high latitudes/polar regions). That's why this chart for global temperatures shows 2000-2005 well above the 1930s. The chart below is the most recent from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), as is the chart above..

[cogitator]

Incidently, due to sun spot activity, Mars and Venus are actually warming faster than the Earth.

Not true for Mars: Global warming on Mars?

and where'd you get any data from Venus?

[cogitator]

See post 51.

[cogitator]

Wouldn't this attribution appear more plausible if the cooling period commenced after WWII, rather than before?

There's no doubt that the 1930s were a peak period for global temperatures (see the charts in post 51). The attribution of the cooling to sulfur aerosols explains only part of the mid-century cooling. As a corollary, look up some of the really bad London fogs/smogs in the 1950s. One of the worst was in 1952. The post-WWII industrial ramp-up through the 1960s led to cleaner air mandates in the 1970s -- and there has been research indicating that the cleaner air is "unmasking" some of the global warming signal.

[Outland]

Some charts show one thing; some show another. The bottom line to it all is the anthropogenic contribution of GHGs, which in my opinion, is of negligible impact.

Here's a simple chart for you....

The red area represents GHGs by volume (accurately scaled and generously rounded off to 400 PPM (0.04%)). The blue area represents everything else. Water vapor is not included.


Enlarged, the gray area of the red dot is human induced.


Rounding off all of the GHGs excluding water vapor, it's like saying that one warm body can heat 2500 other bodies on a cold night. And GHGs are no substitute for a good looking lady.

Bring the level up to a few 1000 PPM and we'll talk about it... or not because we'll be on the verge of suffocating at that point.