Friday, October 1, 2010

Glancing at temerature records ... hot and getting hotter

by A Siegel

Upfront. A single day, in a single nation doesn't prove (or disprove) climate change science / The Theory of Global Warming.  Got it.

However, ....

29 September 2010, United States of America, temperature records

Total Number of Records for September 29, 2010 (out of 5,341 stations with at least 30 years of data)

Highest Max Temperature:  139 new record + 54 tied with existing record = Total: 193=

Lowest Max Temperature: New: 1 + Tied: 0 = Total: 1

Highest Minimum Temperature: New: 40 + Tied: 22 = Total:  62

Lowest Minimum Temperature: New: 1 + Tied: 2 = Total: 3

Across the nation, 255 records legitimately associated with warming and 4 associated with cooling.



continued at Daily Kos....