"July hottest month in Netherlands in 300 years"

Reuters ^ | July 25, 2006 | None listed

[drellberg]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - July 2006 is on track to be the hottest month in the Netherlands since temperatures were first measured in 1706, the Dutch meteorological institute KNMI said on Tuesday.

Average daily temperatures in the first 24 days of July were a record of 22.3 degrees Celsius (72.14F) compared with the previous record of 21.4 degrees in July 1994 and normal average temperatures of 17.4, the KNMI said.

"July 2006 is the hottest month ever," it said in a statement.

[lawdude]

"Then WHY was it so HOT there 300 years ago? "

It wasn't hot 300 years ago. That is when they started keeping records.

[Candor7]

I hope it gets even hotter in Holland so that the Dutch ladies come to vacation in the cool Rocky Mountains to play with their tulips! I barely survived their last memorable exodus to cooler climates three hundred years ago to Scotland!

Remember Tulips are better than one!

And the sky is NOT falling!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BTTT!

[philo]

Global warming?
Tell the Aussies that!
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060714/21/zs41.html

[norwaypinesavage]

" Quite simply, anybody who points to the current heat waves doesn't even understand their own hypothesis and may be dismissed with a wave of the hand."

True. On the other hand, I believe there is quite conclusive proof of global warming. Over the past thirty years there is statistically significant photographic evidence that the polar ice caps have reduced in size. That is, the CO2 ice caps on Mars.

[cogitator]

National Climate Summary: Year-to-Date: January - June 2006

Climate of 2006 - June in Historical Perspective

"Based on preliminary data, globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was 2nd warmest on record for June 2006."

U.S. National Overview: June 2006

"June temperatures were much above normal for the contiguous United States. Nationally, it was the second warmest June in the 1895-2006 record. Western regions were all much-above-normal, with Nevada experiencing its second warmest June on record. Only the Central and Southeast regions were near-normal. No region had below-normal temperatures in June, although five states (Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and South Carolina) were cooler-than-normal in June."

[alwaysconservative]

It was all those SUV's, greedy Republicans, and evil corporatists like Halliburton. Oh, yeah, and it was all Bush's fault!

[ctdonath2]

"July hottest month in Netherlands in 300 years"

And if the hottest month HAD been 300 years ago, we'd be in a COOLING trend, right?

Things change. Cope.

[Dutch Boy]

300 years ago was in the middle of a little ice age. It should be warmer now. IT WAS A FRIGGIN ICE AGE THEN!!!!