God indeed has a sense of humor. From Weather Underground:
Here’s the actual METAR data, showing 10°C (50.0°F):
According to the Mexican National Meteorological Service, the record low temp for December is 12°C (53.6F) see table here: Cancun_climate (PDF)
According to this page lowest for December is 52°F (11°C)
http://www.cancun-discounts.com/cancun-weather.htm
Either way, 50°F is a new record for December low temperature, and it couldn’t happen at a more inconvenient time for the Cancun COP16 climate conference.
h/t to Ross Hays
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Tell congress to set my CO2 free. Declare CO2 a non pollutant.
What a delicious vision! AGW’ers wailing to the Mayan moon goddess in the cold wind (and signing petitions to ban dihydrogen monoxide).
Bob the Swiss,
Thanks for the French news. On sites such as WUWT we get a very clear picture of the public’s mood in the English-speaking world. But what of France? Is it a hot topic of conversation? Are warmists or sceptics in the ascendent? Is AGW considered a real threat or a wacko scare story?
Five years ago I explained to German colleagues that we Brits were putting the finishing touches to our Swine Flu reaction plan, working on the assumption that 30% of the population would be wiped out. They thought I was pulling their leg; Germany was not expecting a Great Plague. Do the French see Global Warming as a uniquely Anglo Saxon panic?
We have been presented with 3 problems.
1 It must be getting very hot and not very cold
2 Why was the forecast wrong?
3 Why was this not specifically forecasted?
s’funny how temps in Mexico are also at a low – the same as the UK. You’s thing a few thousand miles would make some difference!
Currently, our local station is showing december Average temp as more than 6 degrees C BELOW average. (but thats only based on 8 yrs data) – interestingly – November was supposed to be 5 degrees below average too! Of course, these figures are only real unadulterated ‘local’ figures (this is a local weather station for local people – UK readers will understand! – for others – google League of Gentlemen! LOL), so anyway, I will watch with interest to see how the metoffice and CRU spin this one away over the next few weeks!
I mentioned the “Gore Effect” is striking Cancun to my son and his explanation: “Too many cold dead hearts in one location.” I can’t refute that logic.
It’s still too warm for ice skating there — but they must be patient…..
So there’s this little global warming alarmist and he goes to his dad and says “Dad, am I a global warming alarmist?”. His dad says “Of course you are, what kind of a daft question is that?” and cuffs the little global warming alarmist, so he won’t ask stupid questions.
Oh dear thinks the little global warming alarmist. I don’t think a’ll ask any more questions here and goes to find his mother.
“Mum” he asks “Am I a global warming alarmist?”. “Well of course you are dear” says his mother “Whatever makes you think you’re not?”. “Well” says the little global warming alarmist “It’s just that I’m bloody freezing”.
[My typically stupid comment]
At least above zero degree C, so no girl in Cancun will lost tongue on a lamppost, as happaned in Norway:
http://www.vg.no/helse/artikkel.php?artid=10012361
WARNING: Horrible picture of a lamppost! 😉
Last winter, more than 25,000 people died in England and Wales as a result of the cold temperatures. Most of them were aged over 75.
Nigel Stafford, from the British Red Cross, said: ‘We all need to look out for each other during the severe weather and make sure those less able than ourselves are not forgotten.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336705/UK-big-freeze-Army-standby-coldest-December-100-years.html
16F here in Nashville this a.m.
They, (the delegates), must feel they are being left out in the cold.
They, are being shunned by the successful economies of the world, which enable their presence.
They, who willfully forego their freedom.
You guys and gals can call it what you will, I see Divine intervention.
Hey guys, try Libya next….no wait, they sell oil there. Maybe Madrid……no, they just ate a whole bunch of windmills and solar panels. What about Venezuela, there’s a good totalitarian, capitalist hating country! Dang, they sell oil there, too. Well, maybe India…….hmm, Pachy isn’t too popular there. We can always try Iraq…..dang, back to oil sellers.
I just wish they’d have this stuff during the N.H. summer, that way the global cooling weather would be welcomed. Do they realize how cold the rest of us have to be for it to get down to 50 in Cancun this time of year?
You’ve got the wrong mythology. Man Bear Pig is constantly battling the Ice Queen of Narnia. She follows anywhere an IPCC convention settles just to disturb their religious mania.
So the UN, an organisation I used to respect decades ago, now wants to take my hard earned cash by fiat? Yeah, right….
“No taxation without representation!” Jonathan Mayhew, 1750.
I’m really bummed… headed to Cancun on Saturday.
At least the beer should be cold.
Funny how “The Weather” keeps following those “Climate-ologists” around.
Do I remember last year alGore had a presentation and the room was closed? No recording? This year he can’t go because of the high risk of being ambushed by a reporter with a recorder.
Misquoting or ridiculing Al Gore does not help in your case against AGW. You lose credibility every time you do it.
Records for Cancun only appear to go back to 1974 then get spotty. For instance if you change the date to Dec. 8th, 1973 there is no data. There’s some data for November 1973 but I didn’t find any before that.
John says:
December 9, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Misquoting or ridiculing Al Gore does not help in your case against AGW. You lose credibility every time you do it.
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John, if that were true, then the proponents of AGW would have been discredited
a long time ago.
Besides, he’s the one that made it so easy to do……….
So is there now more empirical evidence for “The Gore Effect” than for AGW?
Somebody should run the statistics.
The goddess is evidently not pleased by what she’s seen.
What do you expect? They didn’t even sacrifice a virgin.
John says:
December 9, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Misquoting or ridiculing Al Gore does not help in your case against AGW. You lose credibility every time you do it.
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You say we have credibility, who knew.
Al Gore owes science a debt, he can never repay.
John says:
“… ridiculing Al Gore does not help in your case against AGW.”
John, thanks for reminding me:
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No censorship here, John. Visit realclimate if you want folks to be censored.