Category Archives: snowfall

Did Global Warming Prevent a Record-Breaking D.C. Snowstorm?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Guest post by Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels We haven’t seen any media stories relating global warming to the Wednesday’s weather in D.C. We are certain that this would not have been the case had more than … Continue reading →

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The Winter Of 1947

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

“Climate disruption” before the current lunacy of “CO2 caused extreme weather” era By Paul Homewood The Great Freeze of 1963 was the coldest winter in the UK for over 200 years. However, the winter of 1947, while not as cold, … Continue reading →

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Over 650 snow records set in USA this week – another wonky surface station located

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

UPDATE : The NWS responds about the station issue, see below. – Anthony Almost 60% of the contiguous USA covered in snow. While pundits spin attempts at linking snowfall in the Northeast USA to AGW, much like they do in … Continue reading →

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New model says more snow at poles, less elsewhere due to CO2

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

From Princeton and the I haven’t looked out the window lately department: Forecast is for more snow in polar regions, less for the rest of us (Journal of Climate) Posted on February 22, 2013 By Cather­ine Zan­donella, Office of the … Continue reading →

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New paper from NOAA demonstrates that El Niño has more impacts than climate on winter weather in the USA

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

While AP’s Seth Borenstein cites opinions of activist scientists in erroneously claiming that ‘climate change’  increasing atmospheric moisture is the main driver for winter weather events, it turns out that El Niño patterns are strongly associated with winter weather impacts. … Continue reading →

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Whac-a-moling Seth Borenstein at AP over his erroneous extreme weather claims

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Comments on Yesterday’s paean to Global Warming Guest post by Dr. Richard Keen, Meteorologist Emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder It’s like playing whac-a-mole. After every major storm or unusual (or even slightly interesting) weather event, some non-investigative reporter gets hold … Continue reading →

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It was the best of times, it was [will be] the worst of times.

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

My brother stumbled across an interesting pair of headlines today. Nothing very new, but a nice collection yin and yang. Weather vs climate. Observation vs model. Boom vs bust. First, the yang. WUWT already covered this at Another ‘Vinerism’, or … Continue reading →

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Time lapse video of the 2013 Snowpocalypse in the Northeast

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

This is fun to watch. It is a time lapse video of the Snowpocalypse in Hartford, CT. Clearly, you can see the posited global warming influences having an effect. /sarc

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Global Warming To Bring Colder/Warmer Winters

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

By Paul Homewood It seems that every time we get some snow, another “scientist” is wheeled out to explain that, no matter how cold it gets, it is all down to global warming. In the last week or so, we … Continue reading →

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Michael Tobis has bupkis

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

UPDATES have been added:  see below. Not only does Tobis have bupkis, he’s been caught out in a Janus moment from 2010 where he says the exact opposite. – Anthony I wrote a post yesterday pointing out how a WWF … Continue reading →

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Heaviest Snowfall in a Century Hits Moscow – WWF has logic fail

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

UPDATE: See a new related story here. From the Moscow Times By Roland Oliphant The heaviest snowfall in a century brought Moscow and the surrounding region to a near standstill and left hundreds of people without power, officials said Tuesday. And with snowfall set to continue at least until … Continue reading →

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Another ‘Vinerism’, or just a snow job?

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology  and the snowfalls are now just a thing of the past department comes this press release, one much like those we’ve heard before that have not come to pass. Maybe … Continue reading →

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It’s snowing, and it really feels like the start of a mini ice age – London Mayor Boris Johnson

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Image Credit: Climate4You.com From The Telegraph – By London Mayor Boris Johnson “The Sun is god!” cried JMW Turner as he died, and plenty of other people have thought there was much in his analysis. The Aztecs agreed, and so … Continue reading →

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The Dr. David Viner moment we’ve all been waiting for…a new snow record

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

WUWT readers surely recall this most often quoted prediction about snow. From the Independent’s most cited article: Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past by Charles Onians: However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters … Continue reading →

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A Cool White Christmas – almost two thirds of the continental USA has snow cover

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Where’s that “global warming” when you really want it? ;-) This map from NOAA’s National Snow Analyses page shows the snow depth data:

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Introducing The New WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

(Photo credits: NOAA) By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” We are pleased to introduce WUWT’s newest addition, the WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page. Realizing the difficulty in selling “Global Warming” when the globe hasn’t warmed in the last 16 years, … Continue reading →

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Is this what global warming looks like? Over 2000 new low temperature records set in October

Posted on October 14, 2012 by

In the continental USA, there were 137 high temperature type records versus 857 low temperature type records this past week , a 6-1 difference. Last week there were 1154 low temperature type records putting the two week total for October at 2011. There … Continue reading →

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Record cold and snow to hit Great Plains

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

From the National Weather Service: “An early-season winter storm is expected to develop across eastern North Dakota into northern Minnesota beginning Wednesday night, as colder air filters into the region. Rain developing during the day on Wednesday will mix with … Continue reading →

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There’s no business like snow business – Weather Channel to start naming winter storms

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

From their press release The Weather Channel announced today its new naming system for winter storms, making it the first national organization in North America to proactively name winter storms. In time for the start of the winter season, naming … Continue reading →

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Anchorage breaks seasonal snow record last set in 1955

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

Alaska’s largest city breaks seasonal snow record By RACHEL D’ORO | Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A spring snowfall has broken the nearly 60-year-old seasonal snow record of Alaska’s largest city. Inundated with nearly double the snow they’re used … Continue reading →

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