Actually, two new records; one for high one for low. This from earlier:
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
132 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2014
...RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED AT HUNTSVILLE...
A RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES WAS TIED AT
HUNTSVILLE ON TUESDAY (7-29-14). THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 81 SET
IN 2006.
Actually, they have the wording backwards, it is supposed to be record low maximum. Obviously 81 degrees is not that warm for July in Alabama. They’ll probably issue a correction later. The NWS predicted the new record low earlier with this graphic:
Now the record has been broken according to the latest data from KHSV:
The temperature at Huntsville International Airport dropped to 57 degrees as of 4:53 a.m. 56 degrees.
The previous record for the date was 60 degrees set back in 1914.
UPDATE: 8AM PDT
The record DID go lower, to 56F, and I’ve updated the post.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
725 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2014
...NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE AT HUNTSVILLE...
NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 56 DEGREES WAS SET AT HUNTSVILLE. THIS BREAKS
THE OLD RECORD OF 60 BACK IN 1914.
Dr. John Christy writes in with:
A bigger story is the Montgomery low of 59F – tying the all time monthly record low for July set on 20 July 2009 from records that go back to the 1880s.
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Hmm. Is Al Gore visiting Huntsville?
At the airport no less, where you have the UHI!
Huntsville, AL, isn’t that where Dr Roy Spencer is residing? What’s he been up to 🙂
As the annual hurricane season is approaching, it may be useful to look at the past numbers and consider what may or may not be expected in the near future.
Correlation of the hurricane annual number to an apparent precursor (as shown here ) is only indicative of possible future occurrences.
What is a LOW MAXIMUM? You can have a LOW or LOWEST temperature, or a MAXIMUM temperature, but a LOW MAXIMUM is a non-sequiture, they cancel each-other out.
If you mean the lowest DAY-TIME temperature or the highest DAY-TIME temperature then say so.
If this is an example of the descriptive language of Weather and Climate “science”, then I understand why they are in the mess that they are in.
Pierre Gosselin says:
At the airport no less, where you have the UHI!
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Most airports are not urban, haven’t been to Alabama.
There may be other warming effects at airport due to close proximity to runway, but it’s not UHI.
“Actually, two new records; one for high one for low. This from earlier:”
OMG, more _extreme_ climate !
Extreme climate swings at Huntsville , finally undeniable proof that the whole planet is going unstable. We must act now.
Vuc’ : http://www.vukcevic.talktalk.net/H-no.htm
what is the point in linking all this stuff if you don’t explain what you “precursor” is and provide a data source?
In a few years after they adjust the temp, the words “record high” will be correct.
Gore snuck down there again.
Yay, us!!! Dr. Christy was on the local news last night (WHNT, the previous home of our old friend Dan Satterfield) explaining the UHI effect. On the news this morning, they mentioned that today is the date of the all time record high in Huntsville of 111F recorded in 1930.
Such records are not rare this summer. We stayed in the 60s a day or two this month here in central Oklahoma. Seems we set new lowest highs two days in a row. Most of Oklahoma is still in drought, but we’ve had more rain the usual lately. It is welcome. It is weather, and it is nothing compared to the dust bowl days.
BTW. The Huntsville International Airport is way west of Huntsville and the weather station is sited in an active cotton field.
Cool…..This is where I live! Drove by the airport this morning on my way to Decatur. Its chilly outside. Feels great! Football weather.
I am in Nashville, TN and have long planned summer outdoor work very early in the morning to avoid the heat. (Not much you can do about the humidity.) The last two days, I have actually delayed my start until 8-9 am waiting for it to warm up. That has not happened before in the 25+ years I have lived here. I like it!
Yeah, it’s been sweet here in Huntsville the last couple of days. Windows open and everything. 🙂
So the low was a full 3F clear of the previous record???
If hypothetically a two-horse town in North Dakota had the highest July30 by a full 3 deg above the previous record high, it would be front page news right?
Clearly this is an anomaly of a PSS (Poorly Sited Station).
Oh, Warmists definition of a PSS:
a station providing accurate information.
/borderline sarc
Already feels like the middle of September
Paraphrasing noted warmist Dr. David Viner…”Children just won’t know what heat waves are!”
🙂
BTW, it has been nice here in New England – hardly any 90+ deg days all summer. 70 – 80s during the day, 50s at night.
69F was the high yesterday w/no rain-cooling here in western MD. 47F this morning. Need a space-heater at my feet.
If this same pattern occurred in mid-Jan…..
Joe says: July 30, 2014 at 4:01 am What is a LOW MAXIMUM?
What is “Jumbo Shrimp”?
We have to wait till NCDC gets it “corrected”/”adjusted” before we can call it a record.
Joe says:
July 30, 2014 at 4:01 am
What is a LOW MAXIMUM? You can have a LOW or LOWEST temperature, or a MAXIMUM temperature, but a LOW MAXIMUM is a non-sequiture, they cancel each-other out.
If you mean the lowest DAY-TIME temperature or the highest DAY-TIME temperature then say so.
I agree that the wording is confusing. But, I believe the words MAX and MIN refer to the entire 24-hour period. So yes, you can have a record low MAX or a record high MAX, just as you can have a record low MIN or a record high MIN.
Now remember, record lows are “natural variation” only record highs really matter. /sarc