Extreme Temperature Diary- Saturday April 15th, 2023/Main Topic: Using the Extreme Temperature Index to Statistically Judge Friday’s Records

The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track planetary extreme, or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials).😉 Main Topic: Using the Extreme Temperature Index to Statistically […]

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Extreme Temperature Diary- Thursday March 18th, 2021/ Main Topic: Revisiting The Extreme Temperature Index…February’s Most Extreme U.S. Records

The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track planetary extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials).😉 Main Topic: Revisiting The Extreme Temperature Index…February’s Most […]

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Extreme Temperature Diary-October 18, 2018/ Topic: Revisiting The Extreme Temperature Index

Thursday October 18th… Dear Diary. The main purpose of this ongoing post will be to track United States extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials)😊. Revisiting The […]

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Extreme Temperature Index-Some Calculations and Comparisons

This week Bob Henson and I introduced the world to the concept of an index which has the potential to rank and statistically compare surface temperature records. For a detailed explanation see: https://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/the-extreme-temperature-index-identifying-which-records-are-most-sign.html So for this post let’s do some calculations  using the ETI for some very recently set records. These come from March 21st, 2017 […]

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