England Buried In Snow – image from The Times
According to the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, last month had the second greatest December Northern Hemisphere snow cover since records were started in 1966. Snow extent was measured at 45.86 million sq. km, topped only by 1985 at 45.99 million sq. km. North America set a record December extent at 15.98 million sq. km, and the US also set a December record at 4.16 million sq. km.
Source: December Snow Cover from Rutgers University
Source: December Snow Anomalies from Rutgers University
This is not an isolated event for 2009, as can be seen in the graph below. Seventeen of the last twenty-one Decembers have had above normal snow cover.
Source: December Snow Cover Anomalies from Rutgers University
Nor is it an isolated trend for the month of December. January, 2008 was the second snowiest January on record, and six out of the last eight Januaries have had above normal snow.
Source: January Snow Cover Anomalies from Rutgers University
October, 2009 was the snowiest October on record in the US, and sixth snowiest in the Northern Hemisphere. Twelve of the last fifteen Octobers have had above normal snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere, similar to the pattern of the 1970s.
Source: October Snow Cover Anomalies from Rutgers University
A favorite mantra of the global warming community is that reduced snow cover will reduce the albedo of the earth and provide positive feedback to global warming – causing additional warming. Clearly that is not happening, at least not during the October through January time period.
2010 is also getting off to a fast start. Most of Europe and North America is covered with snow, as is much of Asia.
Daily Snow Cover from Rutgers University
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Mark.R (00:00:57) :
We had snow down to 1000metres here in canterbury new zealand last night in mid summer.
Ahhh, come on, that’s what happens with global warming. Get ready for some skiing!
Here comes the next guilt trip/fear mongering. This continues the agenda of the Wildlands Project – http://discerningtoday.org/wildlands_map_of_us.htm , and http://www.twp.org/cms/index.cfm?group_id=1000
Partial excerpt:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8449506.stm
“The UN launches the International Year of Biodiversity on Monday, warning that the ongoing loss of species affects human well-being around the world.
Eight years ago, governments pledged to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, but the pledge will not be met.
The expansion of human cities, farming and infrastructure is the main reason.
Dignitaries including German premier Angela Merkel will speak at the launch in Berlin, with a video message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Mr Ban is due to say that human expansion is wiping out species at about 1,000 times the “natural” or “background” rate, and that “business as usual is not an option”.
World ‘to fail’ on nature target
The Secretary-General is expected to argue that the failure to protect biodiversity “should be a wake-up call”, leading to effective ways of protecting forests, watersheds, coral reefs and other ecosystems.
The UN says that as natural systems such as forests and wetlands disappear, humanity loses the services they currently provide for free, such as the purification of air and water, protection from extreme weather events and the provision of materials for shelter and fire.
The rate of species loss leads some biologists to say that we are in the middle of the Earth’s sixth great extinction, the previous five stemming from natural events such as asteroid impacts. “
rbateman: and what do you think of my post on the AR4?
Nigel S (00:50:10) :
Larry (00:01:26)
No but I have got Norwegian socks.
The video link:
http://videos.snowchains.co.uk/videos/weisssock.html
You can copy and paste the link from the top of the video window.
More nonsense from the BBC
This methane seepage must have occured on Earth in previous warm periods and we are still here. It’ll be interesting to see what happens this spring and summer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8437703.stm
What you deniers don’t seem to realize is this is all new snow and not old snow. You should also realize is much of the NH snow is the result of increased evaporation or something. Laugh now, but wait and see; January 2010 will be the 2nd hottest January since King Wenseclas chugged dark ale. And 2010 will be the hottest year since Alexander the Great invaded Costa Rica. Look it up. I’m sure it’s posted on RC somewhere. Idiots!
E.M.Smith (01:40:21) :
But “it’s a warm snow!”
Florida and Alabama got them some of that warm snow.
[Reply: I wonder if anyone told Mark Serreze? RT – mod]
His predictions are in a death spiral.
“George Ellis (04:38:06) :
Bulldust (20:57:40) :
Bulldust, Douglas DC also noticed that that is a Citroen 2CV – Deux Chevaux. Once considered one of the ugliest mass produced cars ever (the Pontiac Aztek owns that now). A Smart car will leave it in the dust. Lots of pictures of them on the web. I think they even had one in a Bond movie for a chase scene. It needs a downhill, in a hurricane, to keep up on the US Interstates.
It really looks like nature is trying her best to hide it in the initial pic.”
The original “Citroen 2CV” concept had very different design parameters to the Smart car. The Smart car would fail those parameters.
rbateman (03:39:59) :
…this data almost suggests that summers and winters are both becoming more extreme… thoughts?
I didn’t see any extreme heat last summer. It seemed like summer was over before it ever even began.
TFN Johnson (02:10:06) :
I take it you are referring to the map shown by G.Lean in Saturday’s Telegraph. Please bear in mind that the map projection used gives undue prominence to the arctic and antarctic areas – you need to appreciate that all that brightly coloured warm at the top is only a small area compared with the rest.
Typical of the spin techniques adopted by warmists to alarm the man in the street.
Apart from which, as it was undated and unattibuted it is totally meaningless in any context.
Jimbo (05:16:39) :
“It’ll be interesting to see what happens this spring and summer.”
That is, if we even have a Spring or Summer this year.
MB (04:21:35) :
RealClimate seem to be RealSilent at the moment.
At the moment? At many moments.
Are they hiding the decline? Can they proxy their way out of it?
Strangely, I don’t remember the WUWT headlines reporting “July 2009: second least snowiest July on record in the Northern Hemisphere” which followed June 2009, which was the second least snowiest June on record in the NH.
Gribben was one of the authors of “The Jupiter Effect” that predicted that California would be torn apart by earthquakes when the the planets aligned on the other side of the sun around 1982. Approach with extreme caution!
jlc (04:44:37) :
Long term Jan average is still 26. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.
Is there water at the bottom of the ocean? And do you ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here”? Just remove the water, just carry the water from the bottom of the ocean.
jeroen (04:58:21) :
But The recent snowfall in spain…
The snow in Spain falls mainly on…. (add your own)
yonason (05:04:31) :
Thanks for the link. I burst out laughing! She actually said it!
pat (21:05:43) :
anthony,
just found your thread on the michael mann interview. been watching too much tennis and must have missed it.
REPLY: You can’t take your eyes off WUWT for more than a few seconds or you’ll miss something. – A
Oh yeah, how true is that.
Patrick Davis (05:23:42) :
The original “Citroen 2CV” concept had very different design parameters to the Smart car. The Smart car would fail those parameters.
Eh alors! Il marche bien le deux chevaux. C’est le meilleur pour portez les peasants tous les temps! Construire avec les boites de sardine, avec un moteur gagne pendent le grand guerre deuxieme d’un motobicyclette Allemande.
photon without a Higgs (05:21:12) :
[Reply: I wonder if anyone told Mark Serreze? RT – mod]
His predictions are in a death spiral.
Sounds painful. Does it make him speak with a squeaky voice?
fresh PP post..
hmm,
http://www.prisonplanet.com/al-gore-answers-his-critics.html
Oh look kids and grandkids, you’re not going to be able to survive global warming! Things like this are going to happen: 100,000 tropical fish dead from global warming.
About 100,000 tropical fish being raised on a fish farm in South Florida couldn’t bear the cold temperatures Sunday….estimated he lost $535,000 in business because of the cold
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1418168.html
The world is getting so warm that soon the only inhabitable place will be the South Pole. Humankind will only survive because of a few ‘breeding couples’ there.
tallbloke (05:52:03) :
Sounds painful. Does it make him speak with a squeaky voice?
I suppose if the cold is affecting certain anatomy that could happen.
Patrick Davis (05:23:42)
Agree, the 2CV was a brilliant solution to its (60 year old) design brief, also the drivers are often far from ugly as you can see.
I have seen one with a pull start (2CV, not driver) using a handle on the dashboard which looked like a recycled parachute rip cord handle, pure French engineering genius and great fun to drive.