Daily Archives: January 17, 2009

The pain in Maine

Posted on January 17, 2009 by

I don’t know if any of you readers have ever experienced temperatures that are down to -50°F, but it is painful to endure. From the NWS WFSO in Caribou, Maine, a report of a new statewide low record event.  (h/t … Continue reading →

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Misguided thinking: All time low temperature record for Illinois called into question by NWS citing lack of confidence in equipment. “ASOS better than AWOS”

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ASOS (left) AWOS (right) – both at airports click for larger images People send me stuff. Last night I got an email from reader Andrew Schut that said: See public information statement below.  I’m perplexed. ASOS was put in for … Continue reading →

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Inauguration day and climate change politics

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Inauguration day 2005:  35 °F Mostly cloudy with some sunny breaks.  Northwest wind 14 mph. Around 1″ of snow lay on the ground. More inauguration day weather history is available here By Anthony Watts and Steven Goddard There is much … Continue reading →

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Divergence Between GISS and UAH since 1980

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Guest post by Steven Goddard The GISS website shows the graph below, which indicates a steady, steep warming trend over the last 30 years.  The monthly average anomaly for 2008 (0.44) is 0.26 degrees warmer than the monthly average anomaly for … Continue reading →

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