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 […]
Heat Diary 2017
A daily track of climate change-related heat trends across the United States during the summer months.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 6-7, 2017
Tuesday November 7th… Dear Diary. After we see a good shot of arctic air in the Great Lakes and Northeast late this week the atmosphere will be setting up for warmth, at least at mid and upper levels, across most of the country the following week. Here we see well above average 500 mb heights slated for next Monday: […]
Fall Heat and Cold Diary… November 1-5, 2017
Sunday November 5th… Dear Diary. Since NCEI data got processed through 11/1/17 today I made it official… The “Streak” of consecutive months of more record daily high mixes than minimums for the U.S. has reached 35 months: The ratio of DRHMX to DRLMN was approximately 15 to 9 but would be higher if it were not for a cold […]