Posted on 09/08/2011 9:14:35 PM PDT by worst-case scenario
Texas has warmest summer on record of any state
The blistering heat experienced by the nation during August, as well as the June through August months, marks the second warmest summer on record according to scientists at NOAAs National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. The persistent heat, combined with below-average precipitation across the southern U.S. during August and the three summer months, continued a record-breaking drought across the region.
The average U.S. temperature in August was 75.7 degrees F, which is 3.0 degrees above the long-term (1901-2000) average, while the summertime temperature was 74.5 degrees F, which is 2.4 degrees above average. The warmest August on record for the contiguous United States was 75.8 degrees F in 1983, while its warmest summer on record at 74.6 degrees F occurred in 1936. Precipitation across the nation during August averaged 2.31 inches, 0.29 inches below the long-term average. The nationwide summer precipitation was 1.0 inch below average.
This monthly analysis, based on records dating back to 1895, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides.
Excessive heat in six states Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana resulted in their warmest August on record. This year ranked in the top ten warmest August for five other states: Florida (3rd), Georgia (4th), Utah (5th), Wyoming (8th), and South Carolina (9th).The Southwest and South also had their warmest August on record
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No h in wattsupwiththat, and only one t between with and that
I was in Winthrop last weekend. Loved the weather.
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It was over 1,000 degrees on day 2 of the Earth’s existence over 4 billion years ago. In reality, we’re on a long-term cooling trend.
Righhhht.
“NOAA has been fudging temperature data for a while now.”
do you have any more information on this? I had always thought of NOAA as a fairly reputable source when it came to this type of information. Where did you find out they are “fudging” the numbers?
Wow, that’s an old post.
Here are a couple of references:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/06/05/more-data-fiddling-this-time-in-noaas-enso-data/
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/04/13/warming-in-the-ushcn-is-mainly-an-artifact-of-adjustments/
Summer’s over already and all the data is in and tallied up? My, how time flies.
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