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…
Month: January 2009
Divergence Between GISS and UAH since 1980
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)…
Sunspot Lapse Exceeds 95% of Normal
A guest post by Jeff Id Well John Christy gave me a lot to think about in satellite temp trends as far as an improved correction over my last post. …
Winners announced
As many of you know, the Weblog Awards ended Tuesday. Today WUWT was certified as the winner in the “Best Science Blog” category. The vote totals were unchanged from 5PM…
The NOAA/NCDC 2008 temperature map shows near normal USA in 2008
Click for source image No red dots on this map. The map above appears to be representing Weather Service Forecast Office forecast zones, though I’m not absolutely sure since no…
How did the El Chichón and Pinatubo volcanic eruptions affect global temperature records? – Part 2
Guest post by Steve Goddard UPDATE 1-15-08: I tried an experiment which some of the null questioners may find convincing. I took all of the monthly data from 1978 to…
Distribution analysis suggests GISS final temperature data is hand edited – or not
UPDATE: As I originally mentioned at the end of this post, I thought we should “give the benefit of the doubt” to GISS as there may be a perfectly rational…
How did the El Chichón and Pinatubo volcanic eruptions affect global temperature records?
The UAH Satellite Temperature Record With Volcanic Noise Outliers Filtered Out A guest post by Steven Goddard I’ve often wondered what the UAH global temperature record would look like if the…
Voting is closed
Voting closed TODAY Jan 13 at 5PM Eastern, 2PM Pacific time. Preliminary ending numbers are available here Thanks to everyone who participated. The results won’t be final until reviewed by…
Can El Nino Events Explain All of the Global Warming Since 1976? – Part 2
Guest post by Bob Tisdale INTRODUCTION The first part of this post, Can El Nino Events Explain All of the Global Warming Since 1976? – Part 1, should be read…
Another promise of a flying car – sigh
All thorough my childhood and adolescence I was a keen fan of all sorts of science magazines including Scientific American (the Amateur Scientist was my favorite SciAm column because it…
Can El Nino Events Explain All of the Global Warming Since 1976? – Part 1
Can El Nino Events Explain All of the Global Warming Since 1976? – Part 1 A guest post by Bob Tisdale UPDATE 1 (January 12, 2009): In my extremely brief…
Mauna Loa CO2 record posts smallest yearly gain in its history – maybe
UPDATE: I received a reply tonight from Pieter Tans, who is the manager for the MLO data, it is another error in presenting the data, similar to what happened with…
Polar Sea Ice Changes are Having a Net Cooling Effect on the Climate
A guest post by Steven Goddard One of the most widely discussed climate feedbacks is the albedo effect of polar sea ice loss. Ice has a relatively high albedo (reflectance)…
What is the red dot?
A simple question; what is that red dot on the map? I was looking at the CONUS map browser depicting the 2008 temperature departure from normal provided by NOAA’s High…
Mid-Winter Report Card
Mid-Winter Report Card Guest post by Steven Goddard We are almost at the half way point for the meteorological winter (December through February) and it is a good time to evaluate how…
"The good news is, if this sucker blows, global warming is not going to be a problem. "
Some worrisome news from Greg Laden’s Science blog, also in the running for Best Science Blog Note: Image below was not part of the original story Seismic Activity at Yellowstone…
Surfacestations UK project getting started
As many readers know, I’ve been working with a team of dedicated volunteers on the US www.surfacestations.org project since June 2007. We now have over 50% of the 1221 station…
Here's an odd one: dogsled race canceled because there’s too much snow
How’s this for odd? Minnesota sled dog race canceled because of too much snow Patrick Springer, Forum Communications Bemidji Pioneer – 01/06/2009 Here’s another entry for the annals of noteworthy…
The new NASA solar goalpost: Cycle 24, maybe not so big
A few days ago I wrote in State of the Sun for year end 2008: all’s quiet on the solar front – too quiet that “No new cycle 24 predictions have…
Coal Creek, Colorado Coop Observing Station Cooling The Last Decade
reposted from ICECAP By Dr. Richard Keen, University of Colorado I’m the NOAA co-op observer for Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado, elevation 8950 feet, in the foothills NW of Denver. Here…
UAH is out, like RSS it is down a bit
Although the webserver file for the UAH dataset has not been updated yet, the man who is “in the know” because he’s a major part of the process has released…
My picks for the weblog awards
This weblog awards contest has few people up in arms because WUWT is currently leading. Lucia points out some of the dynamics of silliness that go on related to it.…
From Belgium: New twist on the 'Gore Effect'
Jos, one of WUWT’s readers abroad writes: “It is very cold here in Beligium. This is from today’s edition of the flemish newspaper ‘De Standaard’:” You can find in online…
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