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For example, in America’s heartland (thanks to Joe D’Aleo at ICECAP): Cedar Rapids and the surrounding Midwest has been consistently colder than normal since December. In Cedar Rapids, December averaged 3.0 F below normal, January 1.9 F below normal, February a whopping 8.3 F below normal, March 4.9 F below normal and so far in April 4.4 degrees below normal.
KCRG-TV also has a story about temperatures being unsuitable for gardening there in Cedar Rapids.
Similar here in the UK now. After a mild winter, ‘spring’ has been cold, with no sign of warmth on the way. On the 6th of April, much of the country was snow covered, 4 inches here in Oxford and 8 in some places. Night frosts and snow in the north are predicted for 10 more days at least.
Tell me about it! On Saturday it was 75 here in Seattle. The next day it’s in the 50s.
This is obviously either incorrect temperature measurement or noise in the data.
It couldn’t possible be because of the quiet sun. No, the sun can’t cause temperature changes.
As an aside I found a really good article on the total effects of solar fluctuations on our planet’s temperature.
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Solar_Changes_and_the_Climate.pdf
The graphs on page 4, 8 and 11 all stood out to me.
Yes, “verrry interresting” weather the last few days (apologies to Arte Johnson).
Last Tuesday it was 53 in Aloha, Saturday was 81, and yesterday I drove into a whiteout on the Sylvan Hill (which is less than 1000′).
The overnight low here was 31. As I write, it’s only 35. The predicted high is 52, which puts us right back where we were last weeek.
Locally, we have recently had a chill that hasn’t been seen in over half a century. And the local environmental studies guru is blaming it on global warming! I grant, I would be the first, last month’s weather is not proof of anything. But proof of global warming?
Frost/freeze warnings all over North Carolina tonight.
I’m in northeastern Indiana, not that far from Cedar Rapids — maybe 300 miles. It dropped down to 28 here last night. A pair of Bluebirds finished their first next in one of my nesting boxes almost 2 weeks ago, but have yet to lay the first egg. I’m sure Mother Nature is telling them it’s too cold. The ice on my pond is normally off by around the first week of March. This year it was March 25th before we had open water, and we’ve even had some refreezing around the edge since then.
If I may use a line out of the alarmist’s playbook:
While a single weather anamoly has no significance regarding overall climate trends, their increasing frequncy is a powerful sign pointing squarely to global cooling.
Stephen Fox,
I didn’t hear any reports about this in the media.
We had frost and freezing temps in Fayetteville, AR the last 3 days. My neighbors are covering vegetation with bedsheets. It’s ridiculous.
How do you interpret a mean for this data? (global average temps)
http://climate.uah.edu/
GISS calculates it as +0.67C
I think it is self explanatory
Re This post. From COLA europe, russia cold as well. A boost for the Skeptic camp due to large numebrs of highly educated people living in these areas. Surely they must be asking themselves.. what is happening?
As we are heading into a southern hemisphere autumn and winter, will the entire world be cold at the same time?
That would prove global warming to be true once and for all!
Three cheers for the church of the holy warmer!
Talking about rain/snow mix on Sat. in the BC lower mainland. Traffic chopper was at 2000 ft. this morning and it was snowing. Definitely not common. Anybody wanna make a bet we DON’T beat the North Pole Arctic minimum sea ice record this year? Bet you the min. was last year and the cycle is entering the growth phase.
You know when it’s 45 deg F in SF at 1300 Zulu, that inland it is far colder. At my place, about that time, it was 42 (near 1000 ft above MSL, about 8 miles from the ocean). Reckon it must have gotten below freezing in the usual places – sheltered, inland valley locations.
Temperature around Nanaimo, Vancouver Island finally rose over ten celsius (low 50’s Fahrenheit) in the last few days. Great weekend, buds breaking and all that, now it’s cooled off a couple of degrees to just under ten (Just under 50). According to the local forecast, that’s how it’s going to stay for a week or two, with maximum temperatures marginally either side of ten Celsius. Friends who have lived here for thirty years are complaining about what a cold start to the year it is.
It has been a snowy, colder then normal April. I live on the outskirts of Plamer (nearer Hatcher Pass) and would like to note it has been snowing each day, and we have had about a cumulative total of about a foot of snow since this past Saturday. At the lower elevations, it does melt mostly away. Last year we had patches of snow remaining on the high mountains in out area throughout the summer. First time in 6-7 years. It would be curious to see if more snow will remain on the mountains this year.
A couple of days ago it snowed in Allardt Tennessee. Just enough to be unusual. In Memphis there was frost about this morning. It has been much colder than usual for the past several weeks. A very slow start to Spring with much appreciated break in the cloud cover today.
The south-west of England (normally mild at this time of year) has been very cold in April. Unusual and damaging frosts and northerly winds.
On the Mississippi Coast, the local hourly news on the radio is reporting that our seasonal temps are 11 degrees below normal.
Roger Pielke Sr. has a post up that has implications for CRF/Cloud effects. Increased cloud nucleation particles decrease percipitation, this could dampen atmospheric cooling during high CRF periods.
Inferrences from the post make clear: 1) The more immediate CRF/Cloud effects should be primarily limited to regions of the ocean that are relatively free of cloud nucleation particles [areas near land are already nearly saturated with particles]. 2) If the effect is strong enough, it should temporarily dampen any cooling effects of CRF on the atmosphere due to decreased efficiency of the water cycle.
Record cold here this morning in Austin (34 F). Broke the record low set last year (37 F).
Mike from Canmore , the ice is back and has grown compared to the last 2-3 years. Considering the solar minimum, dropping global air and sea temperatures only a strong local warm weather pushing up over arctic can make a new record low sea ice minimum.
Btw, the sea ice minimum 2007 was not a genaral decrease of sea ice. Almost all of the ice that disappeared was on the side towards Alaska and east Russia.
For a climate alarmist strong local weather anomalies is a proof of anthropogen global warming.
The weather in the UK at present reminds me of the cold mid 1970s when I was a teenager.
The temperature crept up in the late 1980s, and I’ve got my own diarys going back to this period and did comment on the weather. 1989 was a good year with me driving a speed boat down Southampton Water in Tshirts and Shorts at the end on March89 in the warm– unheard of for the time. We were out on the same stretch of water last weekend in a cabin cruiser and stayed in the cabin most of the time because it was cold with hail showers.
It seems to me as a laymen, who has taken an interest in the weather since the 1970s , that the sun has a big roll to play in this. IF the rest of the year is cool with solar activity at a minimum you have to start thinking the temp is more solar than CO2 driven
Tom Skilling, chief meterologist on WGN, stated yesterday that in Chicago we are a month longer between 70 degree days than average.