Global Temperature Report: December 2013

It’s always interesting to see the global perspective since it averages out local events such as the current deep freeze in the Midwest and the severe heat wave in Australia, which can be misleading is viewed in isolation.

Not entirely off topic: Chris Hayes complains of Drudge fueled snow trolling on Global Warminghttp://washingtonexaminer.com/msnbcs-chris-hayes-complains-of-drudge-fueled-snow-trolling-on-global-warming/article/2541532#

Our local weather station in Kent reports that 2013 was 0.37 degrees C below 28 year average.

NEW TECH (system of measurement) 1979 to 2013
0.27 of 1 degree to the positive (can you feel 0.27 or even 2.7)?
what is a global average?
compare this with a 50, 100, 200, 600, 1000 year global average
this is who peed in the pool
this is calculating your gas mileage for a trip across North America by using the data from the first three blocks
there’s very little variation outside of 0.8 °C for 34 years
this is from a satellite(s) how many miles above the earth?
whats the error in the equipment?
Whats the error in the atmosphere?
This is rolling a die seven times and getting 1-2-3-4-5-6-5 and saying its skewed to 5
Honey can you turn down the furnace 0.27 degrees the house is getting really really warm.
Oh no the hot tub hit 39.27°C way way to hot now (must be broken)
Sorry kids school is cancelled today because the windchill is -25.27°C you would absolutely freeze.
I better sue McDonalds my coffee was served at 82.49°C rather than the 82.22°C (180°F) specified.
Remember when the planet warmed 0.8°C and the Ice Age ended?
Why don’t people get how absolutely ludicrous this data is in the perspective of global history.

I find that very hard to believe, quite frankly – 2013 being the 4th warmest year in the last 30 years. I demand a recount, or, perhaps the coolists should be given opportunity to “adjust” the figures, this time, eh?

Gareth Phillips says:
“The point is Richard, the trend remains upwards”
The entire 34 year variation cannot constitute a “TREND” in the perspective of the planet. This is absolutely ZERO information. (perhaps its giving us variation parameters)
perspective people perspective
Go to the hardware store, pull out every single thermometer and see what the variation is.

@gareth.
@richard.
Normally scientists would wait and collect 60 years worth of data before discussing whether the current anomaly was above or below the normal trend. If the trough of a 60 year cycle occurred in the 70s or 80s then we are just past the peak and should still expect positive anomalies (above mean of trend) for a number of years. We should be able to remove the 60 year cycle after 2040 or so. Until then we’re just guessing either way.
Or a simpler way is to tell us what the amplitude of the 60 year cycle is so that we can remove it.

It looks like it’s with a December anomaly of 1.577C the tenth warmest year for RSS with 0.218 C above their average
http://www.remss.com/data/msu/graphics/TLT/time_series/RSS_TS_channel_TLT_Global_Land_And_Sea_v03_3.txt
(and a bit of excel work):
1979 -0,094425 28
1980 0,01505 27
1981 0,021725 26
1982 -0,172466667 32
1983 0,065541667 22
1984 -0,2243 34
1985 -0,260541667 35
1986 -0,139458333 31
1987 0,098891667 17
1988 0,066458333 21
1989 -0,119525 30
1990 0,074066667 20
1991 0,080741667 19
1992 -0,179258333 33
1993 -0,117733333 29
1994 0,028166 25
1995 0,158625 13
1996 0,046625 23
1997 0,101825 16
1998 0,550058333 1
1999 0,104441667 15
2000 0,092383333 18
2001 0,246441667 7
2002 0,315133333 5
2003 0,320391667 4
2004 0,201983333 11
2005 0,330158333 3
2006 0,230625 8
2007 0,255575 6
2008 0,046391667 24
2009 0,222 9
2010 0,4718 2
2011 0,143183333 14
2012 0,187091667 12
2013 0,218341667 10

Who’s the coolest “coolist?

let me try and make my previous post more readable:
10th warmest year for RSS
1979 – – -0,094 – – 28
1980 – – 0,015 – – 27
1981 – – 0,022 – – 26
1982 – – -0,172 – – 32
1983 – – 0,066 – – 22
1984 – – -0,224 – – 34
1985 – – -0,261 – – 35
1986 – – -0,139 – – 31
1987 – – 0,099 – – 17
1988 – – 0,066 – – 21
1989 – – -0,120 – – 30
1990 – – 0,074 – – 20
1991 – – 0,081 – – 19
1992 – – -0,179 – – 33
1993 – – -0,118 – – 29
1994 – – 0,028 – – 25
1995 – – 0,159 – – 13
1996 – – 0,047 – – 23
1997 – – 0,102 – – 16
1998 – – 0,550 – – 1
1999 – – 0,104 – – 15
2000 – – 0,092 – – 18
2001 – – 0,246 – – 7
2002 – – 0,315 – – 5
2003 – – 0,320 – – 4
2004 – – 0,202 – – 11
2005 – – 0,330 – – 3
2006 – – 0,231 – – 8
2007 – – 0,256 – – 6
2008 – – 0,046 – – 24
2009 – – 0,222 – – 9
2010 – – 0,472 – – 2
2011 – – 0,143 – – 14
2012 – – 0,187 – – 12
2013 – – 0,218 – – 10