See more maps here
Coldest July ever for Grand Rapids, Michigan
(Grand Rapids Weather Examiner, August 1, 2009)
http://www.examiner.com/x-16403-Grand-Rapids-Weather-Examiner~y2009m8d1-A-new-record-by-01
Coldest July on Record for Huntington, West Virginia
(WOWK-TV, August 1, 2009)
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=63960
Coolest July Ever for Fort Wayne, Indiana
(Indiana’s NewsCenter, August 1, 2009)
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/52267097.html
July was coldest on record for International Falls, Minnesota
(FOX 21 News, August 1, 2009)
http://fox21online.com/news/july-was-coldest-record-international-falls
That was the coldest July in Dubuque, Iowa Ever
(Dubuque Telegraph Herald, August 1, 2009)
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=251827
Of course, there was also some high temperature records set too, for example in Seattle
Northwest dries out in record triple-digit heat (AP)
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/northwest-dries-out-in-103724.html
The National Weather Service in Seattle recorded 103 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, breaking a previous record of 100 degrees, set in downtown Seattle in 1941 and repeated at the airport in 1994.
The placement of the ASOS thermometer may have contributed to that high temperature record.
See this map, the red/white striped pole just left of the runway is the ASOS anemometer and wind vane mast. The temperature sensor is on the NW to SE line of dots. Airports do tend to run warmer.
h/t to popular technology
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Speaking of records : The central Texas area has seen the hottest June / July on record.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/warn_archive/EWX/PNS/0802_153529.txt
I wish I could get some of the cold….
Taling to family back in Colorado; over the last few days, the 4teeners have had snow and the low 2 days in row near COS has been in the low 40’s.
Sorry, I didn’t see the previous posts above mentioning Central Texas .
I agree with Harold Ambler on his UHI remarks. I live in Leander which is just about 10 miles NW of Camp Mabry and more rural and our temps have not been quite that high….but still quite hot.
I bet if the drought was not on, the temps would be a bit lower also. So I wonder if these temps are more related to the drought vs alarmist warming.
Is this more records on the extremes being set? In other words, might we interpret records on the extremes in increasing numbers as evidence of more energy in the atmosphere, which is one of the early claims of warming?
Or is it fewer records on the extremes?
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
This drought map says it all. Low humidity lets temps rise rapidly in the desert.
The Longhorns are parched at the mouth.
David (18:34:39) :
Alarmist? Perhaps. But with a whole lot more technical and historical support then the AGWs. Plus I would never try to use the power of government to force my beliefs on the rest of the nation/world. Besides the vast majority of my alarm is focused on the government’s response to this AGW BS. My moving south is a personal belief that the energy delivery system will be so disrupted by the current administration that my family will freeze. Hot or cold weather is survivable (The Bedouin and Eskimos prove that). Idiocy, corruption and Marxism no so survivable. Again I have historical support for that statement as well. To err is human, to truly screw up takes a government. Yes I’m alarmed, and you should be too.
Colorado’s July 2009 climate summary shows we are about 3.2 degree F cooler than average (mean) for 2009, and 8 fewer 90+deg F days than usual.
Larry
Regarding the drought in Texas , might I suggest employing the rain bringing ritual recently used in Bihar provence in India ? (There was a link in another post last month). Apparently it works , as today’s WSJ online reports torrential rain and flooding there over the weekend .
Tom G say:
I don’t know who recorded that 92 degrees in Pennsylvania on that date – it certainly wasn’t that hot here. It is a little heat island all by itself with cooler temps to the south and west.
I blame it on a failure to properly teleconnect.
Gene Nemetz (16:45:09) :
_Jim (16:30:28) :
Julie L (15:02:23) : Some specificity next time please.
I wouldn’t expect specificity from commenters like Julie. The specificity you are asking for would make render her comment powerless.
Julie is trying to create hysteria—i.e., the sky is falling!
EXCUSE ME FOR GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN.
The heck I’m trying to create hysteria! [snip. Be nice. ~ Evan]
Do I have to quote my anti-AGW credentials if I HAPPEN to post something that the majority of this blog doesn’t want to hear? [You are certainly welcome to post stuff the majority does not want to hear. ~ Evan]
The weather has been insane in Texas. FWIW, Dallas is North Texas – Central Texas includes Austin and Georgetown, which have been nearly as hot as San Antonio.
You want data?
HERE, have your data.
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NOUS44 KEWX 021535
PNSEWX
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031200-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1035 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009
…WARMEST JULY AND MONTH FOR AUSTIN MABRY AND SAN ANTONIO IN 2009…
…DRY PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 2007 TO JULY 2009 CONTINUED…
JULY 2009 WAS THE WARMEST JULY AND ALL-TIME MONTH AT AUSTIN MABRY
FROM 1854 TO JULY 2009 AND AT SAN ANTONIO FROM 1885 TO JULY 2009.
AT DEL RIO…JULY 2009 WAS THE 3RD WARMEST JULY AND 3RD WARMEST
MONTH FROM 1906 TO JULY 2009. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2009
WAS 89.5 AT AUSTIN MABRY…90.0 AT DEL RIO…88.7 AT SAN ANTONIO…
AND 87.8 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM.
THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE WARMEST JULYS OF RECORD.
AUSTIN MABRY 1854 TO 2009
1. 89.5 JULY 2009…ALSO WARMEST ALL-TIME MONTH 1854 TO JULY 2009
2. 89.1 JULY 1860
3. 88.3 JULY 1879 AND JULY 1884
4. 88.0 JULY 1998
AUSTIN BERGSTROM 1943 TO 2009
1. 88.5 JULY 1954
2. 88.2 JULY 1994
3. 88.0 JULY 1956 AND JULY 1957
4. 87.9 JULY 1980
5. 87.8 JULY 2009 AND JULY 1951
DEL RIO 1906 TO 2009
1. 91.7 JULY 1998
2. 90.1 JULY 1980
3. 90.0 JULY 2009
4. 89.7 JULY 1953 AND JULY 2000
SAN ANTONIO 1885 TO 2009
1. 88.7 JULY 2009…ALSO WARMEST ALL-TIME MONTH 1885 TO JULY 2009
2. 88.1 JULY 1980 AND JULY 1998
3. 87.9 JULY 1994
4. 87.3 JULY 1996
THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS IN JULY 2009 AT
LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE 22 100 DEGREE DAYS AT
SAN ANTONIO IN JULY 2009 BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 21 DAYS FOR 100
DEGREE DAYS IN JULY AND ANY MONTH…PREVIOUSLY SET IN JULY 1998.
LOCATION NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS
IN JULY OF 2009
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT……….27
SAN ANTONIO STINSON FIELD…………….26
AUSTIN MABRY………………………..26
HONDO………………………………25
UVALDE……………………………..25
SAN MARCOS………………………….25
DEL RIO…………………………….24
LA GRANGE…………………………..23
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…23
SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT……..22
GIDDINGS……………………………20
KERRVILLE…………………………..19
PLEASANTON………………………….17
LLANO………………………………17
BURNET……………………………..13
IN ADDITION…THE 23 MONTH PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 2007 TO JULY 2009
WAS THE DRIEST 23 MONTH PERIOD AT SAN ANTONIO FROM 1885 TO 2009 AND
THE 13TH DRIEST 23 MONTH PERIOD AT AUSTIN MABRY FROM 1856 TO 2009.
THE DRIEST 23 MONTHS AT SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN MABRY ARE
LISTED BELOW.
SAN ANTONIO…DRIEST 23 MONTHS 1885 TO 2009…1,473 SEPARATE
23 MONTH PERIODS
1. 24.38 SEPTEMBER 2007 TO JULY 2009
2. 28.94 NOVEMBER 1908 TO SEPTEMBER 1910
3. 29.18 SEPTEMBER 1954 TO JULY 1956
4. 29.21 MARCH 1955 TO JANUARY 1957
5. 29.45 JANUARY 1909 TO NOVEMBER 1910
6. 29.68 DECEMBER 1908 TO OCTOBER 1910
7. 29.70 AUGUST 1954 TO JUNE 1956
8. 29.85 OCTOBER 1908 TO AUGUST 1910
9. 29.88 NOVEMBER 1909 TO SEPTEMBER 1911
10. 30.32 JUNE 1954 TO APRIL 1956
11. 30.34 APRIL 1955 TO FEBRUARY 1957
12. 30.35 MARCH 1909 TO JANUARY 1911
AUSTIN MABRY…DRIEST 23 MONTHS 1856 TO 2009…1,821 SEPARATE
23 MONTH PERIODS
1. 31.94 OCTOBER 1916 TO AUGUST 1918
2. 32.09 JUNE 1954 TO APRIL 1956
3. 32.19 NOVEMBER 1916 TO SEPTEMBER 1918
4. 32.41 MARCH 1955 TO JANUARY 1957
5. 32.95 FEBRUARY 1954 TO DECEMBER 1955 AND JANUARY 1954 TO NOVEMBER 1955
6. 33.18 NOVEMBER 1954 TO SEPTEMBER 1956
7. 33.34 SEPTEMBER 1916 TO JULY 1918
8. 33.59 SEPTEMBER 1954 TO JULY 1956
9. 33.67 DECEMBER 1954 TO OCTOBER 1956
10. 33.98 OCTOBER 1954 TO AUGUST 1956
11. 34.32 MARCH 1954 TO JANUARY 1956
12. 34.39 MAY 1954 TO MARCH 1956
13. 34.46 SEPTEMBER 2007 TO JULY 2009
14. 34.53 JULY 1954 TO MAY 1956
15. 34.62 AUGUST 1954 TO JUNE 1956
EVEN THOUGH JULY 2009 WAS THE WARMEST MONTH AT AUSTIN MABRY AND
SAN ANTONIO…THERE WAS A 7 DAY STRETCH 9 YEARS AGO THAT WAS
THE WARMEST 7 DAY OR 1 WEEK PERIOD FOR AUSTIN MABRY AND
SAN ANTONIO. FROM AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 5…2000 THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT AUSTIN MABRY WAS 92.6…AND FROM AUGUST 31 TO
SEPTEMBER 6…2000 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 90.9 AT SAN ANTONIO.
DURING THE EARLY SEPTEMBER OF 2000 HEAT WAVE…THE ALL-TIME HOTTEST
DAY OF RECORD AT AUSTIN ANS SAN ANTONIO WAS OBSERVED ON TUESDAY…
SEPTEMBER 5…2000…WHEN THE HIGH WAS 112 AT AUSTIN MABRY…
112 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM…AND 111 AT SAN ANTONIO. THE ALL-TIME
HOTTEST DAY AT DEL RIO WAS 112 ON JUNE 9…1988.
THE HEAT FOR JULY 2009 WAS OF LONGER DURATION…AND BEGAN IN THE
EARLY TO MID PART OF JUNE. THE SUMMER OF 2009 IS SO FAR ON
TRACK TO BECOME ONE OF THE WARMER SUMMERS. THE PERIOD FROM
JUNE 1ST TO JULY 31ST…2009 WAS THE WARMEST JUNE TO JULY PERIOD
AT AUSTIN MABRY AND SAN ANTONIO…AND THE 4TH WARMEST AT DEL RIO.
THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE WARMEST PERIODS FROM JUNE 1ST TO JULY 31ST
AT AUSTIN MABRY…DEL RIO…AND SAN ANTONIO.
AUSTIN MABRY WARMEST JUNE 1ST TO JULY 31ST PERIODS 1898 TO 2009.
1. 88.0 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…2009
2. 87.1 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1998
3. 87.0 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…2008
4. 86.9 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1925
SAN ANTONIO WARMEST JUNE 1ST TO JULY 31ST PERIODS 1885 TO 2009.
1. 87.5 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…2009
2. 87.2 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1998
3. 86.6 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1980
4. 86.2 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1994
DEL RIO WARMEST JUNE 1ST TO JULY 31ST PERIODS 1906 TO 2009.
1. 90.4 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1998
2. 89.5 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1953
3. 88.7 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…1980
4. 88.6 JUNE 1 TO JULY 31…2009
$$
Now you guys can quote the UHI all you want – July hasn’t been this hot in years. As I said above, I expect about 3 weeks with triple-digit temps in August, but 22 days worth in July is very unusual.
That being said – two years ago we had a very cool summer – in 2007 IIRC we didn’t hit 100 once, and had lots of rain.
Oh, and yes – I certainly do know the difference between weather and climate change. I’ve read this blog for about a year now. How long have YOU been here, Gene Nemetz?
Still going to be in the top ten hottest years for this century so far!
If the record cold is a sign of AGW, what is the record heat? Another sign of AGW?
I posted this in a previous blog but it really belongs here . The early signs of the El Nino [ warmer than normal P ACIFIC ocean off the northwest coast] has warmed up the US Northwest and British Columbia.
One of the problems that I observe in making country wide comparisons of the current climate and the possibility of a cooling in the future in United States is that there are many diverse climate conditions here. NCDC has divided US into 9 regions .The average annual temperatures for these regions range from 63 F to 43 F and the winter temperatures range from 47 F to 17 F. One can divide the country down the middle or about at 40 N.
US TOTAL
The annual temperature went down for all the individual regions in 2008 and the annual temperature for the entire Contiguous US has gone down a total 2 degrees F during the last two years and is now at the average temperature level for the last 100 years for the country as a whole [no global warming for 100 years?]. The winter temperature for 2009 for Contiguous US went up by about 0.37degrees F having dropped about 3.49 F degrees since 2000 It is just slightly [0.71 F] above the average for the winter of 2009.
REGIONS
When it comes to winter temperatures there is a different picture regionally. The winter temperatures for most of southern regions have gone up for the lasts 1-2 years and are above normal. The winter temperatures for most of the northern regions have gone down for the last 3-4 years and are below normal. I note that the winter temperature for EAST NORTH CENTRAL alone has dropped an amazing 11.9 degrees F since 1998. So while the northern regions already feel the cooling happening especially during the past 3-4 winters, the southern regions are still above normal with warming winter temperatures still. So mixed messages about cool and warm weather in different parts of US will continue for a while.
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html
Louisville KY first July in history without a 90 degree day Avg high of 81.1 was coolest avg high on record. Avg temp of 73.4 was the 2nd coolest on record
I have been loving the global warming in Northern Wisconsin this summer. Our average mean temp is down 5.7 degrees. We have not had a 90+ day in July.
Like I said, I’m loving it. I have been out making firewood most of July. Usually we don’t start until after Labor Day because it is too hot/humid/buggy. Not this year. I am almost done on Aug 1.
Unfortunately it also comes with severe drought with precip, since Jan 1 it is off about 32%. Since Jan 1RFE=12.17 normal=17.81 anomaly= -5.64
It has been a rough ride for us whitewater river fans, and gardens are either irrigated or dead.
On my blog I have been referring to it as the air conditioned summer.
Here is a temp related fillet of our latest climate report..
000
CXUS53 KGRB 010652
CLMRHI
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY
149 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 2009
……………………………..
…THE RHINELANDER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2009…
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1908 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
……………………………………………………….
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 108 07/13/1936
LOW 32 07/30/1928
HIGHEST 86 07/10 90 -4 86 07/07
LOWEST 40 07/13 42 -2 45 07/14
07/04
AVG. MAXIMUM 73.9 78.6 -4.7 79.4
AVG. MINIMUM 49.1 55.7 -6.6 54.7
MEAN 61.5 67.2 -5.7 67.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 2.0 -2.0 0
____________________________________________________________
The weekend of July 17 is traditionally very warm. Not this year..
00
SXUS73 KGRB 180310 CCA
RERGRB
RECORD EVENT REPORT…CORRECTION/UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1010 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2009
…RECORD COLD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
WISCONSIN…
THROUGH 700 PM CDT THE FOLLOWING RECORD COLD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
HAVE BEEN SET OR TIED.
CITY TODAYS HIGH (THROUGH 7 PM) RECORD/YEAR
ANTIGO 64 65 SET IN 1984
APPLETON 66 70 SET IN 1903/1939
GREEN BAY 65 66 SET IN 1924
MANITOWOC 64 65 SET IN 1918
MARSHFIELD 62 63 SET IN 1939
MERRILL 62 66 SET IN 1976/1984
OSHKOSH 65 65 SET IN 1939
RHINELANDER 62 64 SET IN 1984
STEVENS POINT 63 71 SET IN 1979
STURGEON BAY 64 64 SET IN 1924
WAUSAU 62 66 SET IN 1984
WISCONSIN RAPIDS 64 65 SET IN 1939
It has been one nice summer in Northern WI. If we could get this and normal rainfall every summer it would be absolutely wonderful.
Here in central California we just had another much above normal month in July, making every month in Fresno this year above normal (except -.04 in June). Fortunately I don’t live in Fresno but in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where it has also been much above normal (no UHI effects). This is just a year of persistent, high amplitude, ridges and troughs. I’d be curious if anyone knows of any research studying amplitude and duration of Rossby waves during different cycles of the PDO/ADO.
When the jet stream is in its Northern or neutral track (resulting from a cold or neutral PDO), the stretch of Southern states from California to Texas will be hot, dry, dustbowlish and filled with fires! However, the dust created is an essential ingredient to the reseeding of the fisheries off the coast of California when the PDO flips back to warm. These folks need to learn how to live with it. Logging families do it all the time. It is feast or famine up here so they have learned over the century to put away in times of plenty in order to survive the drought that is sure to come.
Yes, North America was SO COLD that thousands of Canadians had to leave their homes because of wlidfires. Wildfires in Canada? That’s quite not in line with the “unseasonably cold” weather that is reported here, no?
Wildfires can occur in cold dry climates. If dry fuel is available, along with a fire source, you will get fire.
Howdy Flanagan.
Don’t freak out, but there are fires in Canada every year, to the tune of millions of acres. No visible trend, though. Whenever possible, the Canadians allow the fires to burn themselves out, especially those in the northern reaches.
Fires in the United States burned about 25 million acres a year in the 1920s. These days, we seldom exceed 10 million acres a year.
It’s going to be alright.
________________________________________
Here in Austin, we had a record cold temperature at the airport this morning (following from NWS):
Statement as of 05:26 PM CDT on August 03, 2009
… Record low temperature set at Austin Bergstrom…
a record low temperature of 65 degrees was set at Austin Bergstrom today.
This ties the old record of 65 set in 1973.
——————————————
And, yes, Central Texas has been hot (and dry).
In fact most of Canada has been quite cold.
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/rnl/sfctmpmer_90a.rnl.html
In Oregon, where fire suppression reigns supreme in our forests, the fuel load is as high as its ever been. The trees haven’t been thinned (the forest service no longer does that) or logged much and the floors are covered in deep piles of downed timber, brush, and organic debris. On top of that, idiots have bought their little forested acre and built a log cabin on it the size of a mansion. With no water in site in case they need to put out a fire. We could very well see fires like 1900-1915. However, back then the fires didn’t kill anybody (much) or burn down homes, and the healthy trees survived because the forest floor was relatively clear and the trees were spaced further apart.
What we need is a forest products industry that isn’t dependent on housing. Wood products should be more than just lumber. Lots more. That way our loggers will keep our forests clean so when fire happens, it won’t be catastrophic.
To that end I think all forests should be returned to state ownership and local control. Let us build forest products from fuel to furniture to lumber and more. Put no cap on using wood to keep our homes warm. With scrubbers, the aerosols can be eliminated from chimneys, our forests will be healthy, and a strong economy can once again be obtained.
Agreed about using everything possible when taking trees.
On the other hand, “scrubbers,” so far as I know, means catalytic converters. These tend to negatively affect a wood stove’s performance a fair amount and lead to chimney plaque. There are very smart stoves, though, that burn the wood and burn the smoke in another chamber. Extremely beautiful, extremely efficient, and next to nothing up the chimney. Of course, you have to season the wood, whenever trying to maximize efficiency and minimize pollution, and doing so requires more space (and time) than a lot of people have.
Seeing so many comments about current local temperatures compared to average local temperatures reminds me that global averages should be ignored. As has been mentioned frequently, nobody lives at average. Instead we should look at long term trends at many individual places. Then look a various collections of those records, such as similar latitude, similar elevation, similar topography, similar wind patterns, similar proximity to various kinds and sizes of bodies of water. In such groupings, discontinuities in the data do not have to be filled in, and station moves can be treated as different stations. We might actually learn something about climate. Numerical results would be easier to verify or refute. They would be more believable and hence more likely to be believed.
Harold, I have the second chamber stove you talk about. You are also right about the wood. Pissy wood doesn’t burn so well. Piss Willow (known as weeping willow) is the worst. Plus it smells bad when burning. Cottonwood burns long and hot but creates lots of ash. No bother though. It cleans the chimney and heat efficiently. I’ll take seasoned Cottonwood over anything but Tamarack. Tamarack is the best.
Go Pamela! (18:56:03)
O/T- Wood burners-
There are some very efficient wood burning stoves. I use a Napolean 1400. It uses air injection to do a secondary burn, and it flashes over a random swirling gas flame sort of like the aurora as it re-burns the products of incomplete combustion. Not only is it extremely efficient, it is really cool to watch.
More on topic, I actually used the wood burner in June of this year, and on the night of July 17 & 18 above, when it got down to 40. That is a first. I have never had to light the wood stove in June or July before. Usually the air conditioner is grinding away, I think that the AC was maybe on 4 times this summer.