Since we talk about record cold events with regularity here, I thought I’d talk about some record heat events that occurred near me.
Here’s a roundup of some highs:
SXUS76 KSTO 210038 AAA RERSTO RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA 530 PM PDT MON APR 20 2009 ...RECORD HEAT ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE HAS SETTLED OVER CALIFORNIA. THE HIGH PRESSURE...COMBINED WITH VERY LIGHT WINDS AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE HAS RESULTED IN ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TODAYS HIGH OF 96 AT REDDING RECORD BROKE THE RECORD AT BOTH THE AIRPORT AND AT THE OLD REDDING CITY LOCATION. THE OLD CITY RECORD WAS 93...SET IN 1931. THE HIGH AT RED BLUFF AIRPORT REACHED 95...WHICH ECLIPSED THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 91 SET IN 1950. THE HIGH AT THE SACRAMENTO CITY STATION REACHED 94 DEGREES... BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 1931. THE RECORD AT SACRAMENTO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT REACHED 93...THE OLD RECORD WAS 90 SET IN 1950. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT STOCKTON CA SUNDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 90 SET IN 1950. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES WAS SET AT MODESTO CA SUNDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 1986. TUESDAY WILL BE ANOTHER WARM DAY WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST. TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL BY MIDWEEK...BY THE WEEKEND TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL.
While note mentioned by the NWS, the weather station I operate for my local Newspaper, The Chico Enterprise-Record set a new record high:
There were a bunch set in Southern California also
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1986. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 1914. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES WAS SET AT LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 88 DEGREES SET IN 1986. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT SAN GABRIEL TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 93 DEGREES SET IN 1999. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT U.C.L.A. TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 84 DEGREES SET IN 1999. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT CAMARILLO TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1958. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT OXNARD TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET IN 1958. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET IN 1958. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT SANTA MARIA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 91 DEGREES SET IN 1938. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES WAS SET AT PASO ROBLES TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 93 DEGREES SET IN 1950.
And here comes the requisite mention of “global warming” from the media, such as this story from the Post Chronicle:
California’s Cities Hit Record Hot Tempertures – Global Warming In Effect?
by Jack Ryan
Maybe it’s global warming but a record storm of heat has hit Californians extremely hard on Sunday. According to reports, a record of 101 degrees in Santa Ana was reached. Originally in 1916 apparently, a 94-degree record had been in place.
According to the AP, “Record heat is forecast statewide again Monday with the National Weather Service posting a heat advisory along the coast from San Francisco Bay south to Big Sur. Thermometers registered record highs Sunday across Southern California.”
Note, the headline typo is NOT mine, click link to see the original. By the way, this is what the Santa Ana weather station looks like. It’s a great place to set records. Story here.
Santa Ana Station looking North. Click for a larger image
And finally, I had to laugh at this headline:
Only in California…maybe the headline writer for the Post Chronicle was there?
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Tom,
Don’t starving people fart more?
I almost feel embarrassed how little time it took for the MSM ( British in this instance ) to follow up.http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2387203.ece
And, yes, the article had a picture of a polar bear on an ice floe in it. The MSM are going to be in deep … snip … if the bears decide to collect their royalties.
I want to know why you Americans are still using Farenheit! It’s so last-century.
Oh I’m gonna get down in that sunny weather.
Am I being stupid?
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
On the above page are two graphs of arctic sea ice extent I think they are the same graph but the tail is different?
Last post
I think I mean the head?
The CRS is not only hideously located, but also facing in the wrong direction.
By George I’ve got it?
The top graph is to the current date the bottom graph is to the beggining of March, but why has the bottom graph not been updated?
I used to be paranoid until people started following me around.
This is called hermit blogging I write a post and answer it myself?
Yeah!
At last, the BBC had been forced, while kicking and screaming, to admit that the Sun has gone quiet.
I’m sure that all of the BBC global warming task force has been working hard on how to present this news in a way as not to create any doubt of the coming global warming catastrophe.
I noticed they are citing a very surprised Prof Lockwood, a member and a supporter of the party line of the Royal Society who is adamant promoter of the IPCC.
While his own work show a close relation with solar activity and Earth’s climate if you look closely in his papers.
Off Topic, Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD) Has a graphic for 23 April, showing an 8 degree Celcius global temperature increase by 2100. ( I guess the IPCC is actually coming out on the low side of predictions.) Am I reading the graphic correctly, my limited powers of observation have been wrong before.
Does anyone know if that could be related to the present PDO phase (as was mentioned before)? Was it the same in the 30ies?
Barry Foster,
Sorry, but I think that’s a stupid, and possibly arrogant, question.
Why does Mexico use the peso?
Why do people in Germany have the 1st of May off?
Why do Muslims practice the religion of Islam?
Why do Russians drink vodka?
Why do Swedes drive Volvos?
Why do US women shave their armpits?
Just because Europe uses Celisus does not make it right and modern. Is it really necessary for the entire planet to become one big monoculture?
Apologies Mr Watts for the OT comment but this breaking news is incredible for the UK’s BBC & MSM;-)
AndrewWH & John F. Hultquist:-)
I spotted this incredible admission on this morning’s radio news at 7am & on the website. Professors Mike Lockwood & Carl Frolich published a paper (almost tailor made) in 2005? illustrating the point that (in their opinion) TSI was dimishing over the last 15 years or so therefore the Sunwhatdunnit couldnt have! I understand from those in the know that a large chunk of the data studied was also studied by some fella by the name of Svensmark et al, who came to the oppostie conlcusion for that part of the data – isn’t science fun! Lord Monckton at SPPI did a beautiful little demolishion job on that paper. This really is a truely historic piece of BBC news reporting for even allowing such news to be given airtime, but of course tempered by the fact that the Sun won’t come to our salvation & offset AGW. No mention of cooling global temps at all so as not to give the impression that things are not going according to plan (model).
Prof Lockwood (website article) is also a self-confessed transgressor who has saught redemption by no longer believing that the Sun is guilty & it must be mankind who is. A least this is a start, could it be a pattern, Dr Vicky Pope at the Met Office calling for less alarmism, now that Beeb wth this news story? What next?
UK Chancellor about to announce huge green taxes & spending – see you all in the new Third World guys! I bags the last hut on the right by the big fire!
In related news, the National Weather Service has announced a Thermometer Buyback Program. It seems that the older your thermometer the more likely that it is failing to rise to the proper temperatures. The old glass thermometers have the problem of liquid glass evident in cathedral stained glass windows, which has been shown scientifically to cause lower temperature readings. Also, the glass is attached to a metal or plastic frame in a haphazard manner which allows gravity to pull the glass down in relationship to the numbers on the frame. The thermometers of the bi-metal variety are subject to the insidious effects of metal fatigue which again causes lower readings. These scientifically documented effects in household thermometers, are solely responsible for the anecdotal cooling being reported by individuals across the country and yes the entire earth. This anecdotal cooling, in turn, has created a wholly inappropriate rise in the number of people who question Global Warming. These old thermometers can be taken to your local Weather Office where they will be purchased from you for Five Dollars ($5.00) each. You will also be given one of the new Government-approved thermometers which will agree much more closely with the government approved weather reports. This new Thermometer Buyback Bailout Program will once again put our country in the forefront of Science.
Per Strandberg (01:26:27) :
Yeah!
At last, the BBC had been forced, while kicking and screaming, to admit that the Sun has gone quiet.
This morning (two hours ago) on Radio 4, an interviewee remarked that the sun affected the climate, which was not challenged. I’d love to know what was going on in the interviewer’s headset at that moment..
“Ask him if it’s true”
“No don’t, he might be able to prove it!”
General panic in the control room.. 🙂
BBC story on solar activity. “Quiet Sun Baffling Astronomers”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8008473.stm
Some quotes:
“Prof Lockwood was one of the first researchers to show that the Sun’s activity has been gradually decreasing since 1985, yet overall global temperatures have continued to rise. ”
“If the Sun’s dimming were to have a cooling effect, we’d have seen it by now.”
Why don’t I believe him?
Please excuse the tone if it appears lecturing. When the weather is calm it will get hot because the heat is not being removed. An obvious example is a motorcar, which is water-cooled, followed by air-cooled. If a car is stationary with the engine running it can/will overheat, as the heat is not being removed fast enough. Any urban area during a high-pressure event will get hot and if that urban area is more urban than it was 10, 20 or more before then it has the potential to be warmer than it was before. In addition any area that is dryer than before will also have the potential to be hotter than before. Even though water vapour is considered a Global Warming gas it is a powerful coolant. Removal of wetlands, increased drainage and the lowering of the water table will all help to increase an areas warming potential. What would I expect if I drove my car with a half empty radiator?
So before any conclusions about hottest days on record, what has changed in those areas that will affect heat or even its measurement? Ok, maybe everyone knows this and I am teaching you to suck eggs, but…
Incidentally I have experienced all types of weather at this time of year from heat waves to a foot of snow.
This appeared on the BBC news site in 1998:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/56456.stm
WRT weather station siting, surely there must be others, even amateur ones, nearby that could be used to check if the results are sensible? I appreciate it must be difficult to find anywhere in California that isn’t six feet away from an HVAC outlet…
I’m fortunate enough to live near Shanklin and Sandown on the Isle of Wight, both of which get record sunshine levels, by UK standards, at least. This is to be expected, as they are only a couple of miles apart, but Shanklin always used to report the better figures. A local TV weatherman was quizzed about this, and revealed that one of the sunshine recorders was located near a chimney that put it into shade slightly earlier. Plus ca change.
Record Lows & Highs for a given year:
1933 Weaverville, CA
Record Lows – Feb 4, 7 &8, Apr 9 & 10, Sep 5
Record Highs – June 13, Aug 12, 13 & 14, Oct 4, 5, 6 & 10
1933 is NOT the only year for which this has happened.
It just happens to stick out like a sore thumb.
Flash News – Swinging Amplitudes pre-date AGW.
But I do find it strange that it should be blamed on a warming theory.
A theory put out by a computer model based on ???
Aw c’mon warmists, give it a rest.
And another thing. This was from The Times June 23, 2007
As most everyone is no doubt aware of the Aral sea and its history. Over recent years efforts have been made to ‘repair’ the sea by allowing more water in and less out. The following is a small part of the article. The last sentance is of interest.
Even the climate is changing for the better. “It’s true. In April, May and June we now have rain,” exclaims Nazhmedin Musabaev, Aralsk’s jovial Mayor. There is more grass for livestock. Summers are a little cooler.
Funny how it’s always climate when the temperature goes up, but weather when it comes down…
Solar Dimming?
I have only come across mention of Solar Dimming in one place, it was totally religious, 10 times scarier than Gore, and 800 years old.
Makes me wonder why AGW is taking it head on.
>>BBC story on solar activity. “Quiet Sun Baffling Astronomers”
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8008473.stm
I see this article was by Pallab Ghosh the so-called BBC science correspondent who is an absolute numbskull and will do whatever his masters say.
“Earth will fry in three years? Yes sir, yes sir – do I keep my job sir.”
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Regards the roof-top met station, I presume the premises below is something that would not have any effect temperature readings. Something like a bakery, Mcdonalds or a dry cleaner??
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Ray (22:36:33) :
Ray, links please.
From http://www.global-warming-and-the-climate.com/ (last video on page)
“This video is from the second half of the program and is dedicated to a lecture clearly demonstrating the relationship with climate, the sun’s solar wind and cloud cover taken from proxy data sampled from British Columbian fjords. ”
Must watch this video!