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