Thursday November 30th… Dear diary. Here is today’s climate change related topic. It’s not only been warm across much of the U.S this November but now a monster “heat wave” has hit Greenland: https://thinkprogress.org/omg-heat-wave-scorches-greenland-up-to-54f-warmer-than-normal-9981de9c6a92/ “It’s been unusually warm in the United States in recent days, with records being set across the country. But it’s been scorching in […]
Month: November 2017
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 25-27, 2017
Monday November 27th… Dear Diary. Here is today’s climate change related topic: I have some good news about light emitting diodes or LEDs, which are being used to fight climate change. Nope. Remember back around the turn of this century when environmentalists were touting LEDs to save energy? Yes, LEDs did that, but as far as outdoor lighting goes […]
Winter 2017/2018 Forecast
I’m going to quote myself from spring, summer, and fall when I attempted to make seasonal forecasts: “Forecasting for a season is perhaps the most difficult, and as the public knows, most unreliable product put out by any group be it those, for example, from NOAA or people putting together The Old Farmers Almanac. If farmers, power companies, construction […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 21-24, 2017
Friday November 24th… Dear Diary. Black Friday shoppers are out in full force, and the weather is definitely cooperating. In fact, due to this warm weather pattern across the West and Plains some might consider shopping in shorts. The warmth is the big news, so I won’t include a climate news segment on today’s post. Record warmth […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 18-20, 2017
Monday November 20th… Dear Diary. Here is today’s singled out, highlighted climate related topic: Most of the accumulated energy in Earth’s system from global warming is residing in the oceans: The biggest reason why global temperatures are not rising as fast as some projections is that deep ocean water is absorbing some heat as noted by this Meehl […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 15-17, 2017
Friday November 17th… Dear Diary. Here is today’s main climate related topic: News Corner: Texas and other areas of the planet are now seeing an increased threat for heavy precipitation. This week researchers have reported the effects of climate change in association on Harvey’s historic rainfall in the Houston area: By Jennifer Chu…13 November 2017 “(MIT News) […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 12-14, 2017
Tuesday November 14th… Dear Diary. Large quantities of both climatic and environmental news come out daily, especially this decade. From time to time I have been highlighting some of the most relevant news pertaining to this web site. Today I am launching a “news corner,” in which I will arbitrarily pick out the biggest news item of the […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 9-11, 2017
Saturday November 11th… Dear Diary. Brrr! For mid-November it’s very cold from the Midwest into the Northeast. Here is another list of record lows from Greg Diamond of The Weather Channel that were set this morning: Speaking of the Weather Channel, I got a good note from one of my former bosses, Dr. Peter Neiley, indicating how intense this […]
October 2017 U.S. Climate and Record Statistics
This will be an open thread for U.S. record temperature and climate statistics, which I will add to once more information crosses my radar. October 2017 was another warmer than average month for the U.S. Here are the ranked temperature averages per state. A ranking of 1 would be the coldest since 1895 and 123 […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 8-9, 2017
Thursday November 9th… Dear Diary. NCEI temperature record data has been processed in their records site through November 7th, which is enough data to represent how much the “heat wave” across the South affected my statistics. A cold front put an end to the warmth after the 7th. This is the same heat regime that these amazing heat […]