539 new snowfall records were also set.
Since we are often treated to lists of record high temperatures when heat waves occur and they are improperly linked to global warming (like in Russia’s heat wave this summer), I thought it only fair that I show the number of record cold and snow records around the USA for the past week that aren’t linked to global warming.
Of course it wouldn’t be fair to show just the lows temperatures and snow, so here are the high temperature records for the USA in the past week.
And here’s just the lows:
The summary of new records of interest for the past week in the USA :
| Snowfall: | 539 |
| High Temperatures: | 18 |
| Low Temperatures: | 336 |
| Lowest Max Temperatures: | 278 |
Lows outnumbered highs by a factor of 19 (336/18=18.6 ~19). That’s quite the cold snap.*
The coldest?
Deadhorse, Alaska, on Sunday, 26 Dec 2010 at -40°F beating -38°F set in 1984
*Note: some people clicking on the interactive map will see different numbers, since that map will record new highs and lows as this post ages. The headline was originally based on 16 highs during the week (see the highs map for a ratio of 21 to 1) then by the time the post editing was completed and the post made, the number of highs was up to 18, giving an 18.6 to 1 (~19 to 1 in the title) ratio. Later in the day the number of record highs in the one week period increased as new weather occurred (on Dec 31) and reports came in. The numbers were accurate at the time the post started. Weather records, like weather itself are dynamic with the forward moving one week period the interactive map generator uses, so please don’t assume error if you click on the interactive map and the numbers don’t match now, or in the future. – Anthony
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“USA record lows outpace record highs 21 to 1 this week”
So, essentially, one can infer that due to recent cold snap, and therefore the extra need for heat rather than light, the average greenie hippie home grower has not been able to harvest in time for the holidays. Which subsequently could strongly suggest that the lack of a surplus of weed is strongly linked to the lack of record highs.
TFN Johnson says:
December 31, 2010 at 4:44 am
Why no mention that Arctic sea ice cover was clearly the lowest ever recorded thru December?
Why no mention of a whole bunch of stuff off-topic from US record low temps? If you are interested in sea ice, go to the sea ice page.
Gary Pearse, You noticed the winkey at the end of my post. It’s amazing the number of people I’ve caught out with that.
TSA Johnson, not to point out the obvious, but I believe the title said “USA”. Unless I’m mistaken, the Arctic Circle doesn’t quite extend that far South, though my backdoor thermometer here in Wallowa County begs to differ.
“Eric Worrall says:
December 31, 2010 at 3:24 am
The Warmists will still be complaining about CO2 when the mile thick ice sheets start rolling.”
Do you mean like the Iraq news man who denied the Americans were in Iraq when they were almost in front of him?
For educational purposes only, I point TSA Johnson to a study on the affects of winter season Arctic Oscillations that turn negative. What this means is that vortex circulations (which form concentric circles around the pole, each with varying degrees of pressure and height above sea level), especially the high pressure one, moves poleward, while a less tight/lower pressure loosy goosy vortex circulation moves more South. When it is positive, the low loosy goosy one is at the pole and the high pressure barrier-like one is a bit further South.
When the AO is in its negative mode, this is like exchanging a pretty formidable solid oak barrier floor in our Arctic Attic for cheesecloth. All kinds of things leak out from around the perimeter, including ice and wind, along with frigid temperatures.
So what are the expected signs? Three things. 1. Frigid temperatures invading our nice Temperate climates, 2. Lotsa snow further South than would be the case otherwise, and 3. The Arctic core should freeze solid and thick, but the perimeter should be less than expected.
So what do we find? Three things. 1. The deep South drinking hot sweet tea instead of cold sweet tea, 2. Snow up to our hoo haas, and 3. The Arctic frozen sold where land prevents ice moving South and loosy goosy ice elsewhere along the perimeter, as in the Okhotsk and Bering Sea, Hudson Bay, and the Baffin/Newfoundland Sea.
I could add a fourth. We get moose in Oregon.
Case closed.
Now back to USA records.
Q1 2010 in west central Florida averaged 6 degrees F below “normal”. I’m not sure how normal is defined, at a guess the average for the last 20 years. Dec. 2010 in west central Florida has averaged 11 degrees F below normal. Today 12/31 is only the second day at or above normal for the month.
TSA Johnson, sorry for the grammatical and spelling errors in my educational post to you. Too early in the morning for class I suppose.
You people are terrible – it’s time to think of the polar bears!
No one cares about these poor creatures, so get your wallets out now.
As for me, this emotional, unscientific and money grabbing crap makes me want to throw up.
http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=l&ai=CW-MJqvMdTbuICMOdhQey1KyiBo23rK0BjfSUzxWlhoKsHQgAEAEgtlQoAlDL16oQYLu-roPQCqABw4Wl9APIAQGpAhD75x5XALo-qgQcT9AVl1gUd9lgLbyZY9dCyPhtNKlP-rmZZZ2ihYAFkE4&sig=AGiWqtz47uiggMwFic1Ad0-abnw3xqk4mw&adurl=http://www.wwf.org.uk/adoption/polarbear/index.cfm%3Fpc%3DAGT004001&rct=j&q=wwf%20polar%20bear&cad=rja
Now do a 1200Km grid average and try and find anything meaningful in it. Then justify why the Arctic has shown warming in the 20th century.
Pamela Gray says: (December 31, 2010 at 6:51 am)
Poor Alaska, never gets any respect.
“Grumbleher says:
December 31, 2010 at 3:22 am
Using eyeball Mark 1 method, how come the station just south of Houston [Corpus Christi?] has a record high and a record low in the same week?”
Probably the guys at the Firehall decided to do some BBQ after the big freeze and all that lovely brisket cooking warmed up the thermometer located beside the BBQ pit.
To those who think Oregon’s rain and Douglas Firs:
http://www.oregonphotos.com/pagetwentyone-Q-1.html
Seneca is a bit of the Yukon in the lower 48….
Oh and in the article they do mention AGW….
so here are the high temperature records for the USA in the past week.
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Some of those record highs are not really record highs,
they just tie an old record from up to 40 years ago
I hope someone is archiving this data, since it’s likely it’ll be “adjusted” to help 2010 be the warmest year ever.
It’s 6deg F here in Reno this morning….
Sorry Anthony both record hot and cold is caused by global warming. They have to have it both ways. ;>)
“Pamela Gray says:
December 31, 2010 at 7:22 am
When the AO is in its negative mode, this is like exchanging a pretty formidable solid oak barrier floor in our Arctic Attic for cheesecloth. All kinds of things leak out from around the perimeter, including ice and wind, along with frigid temperatures.”
Absolutely right, Pamela, but Iwould take the logic a step further as follows from a post I made elsewhere:
Always remember that more meridional jets during a cooling phase will encourage more warm air into and cold air out of the polar regions so during cooling spells the polar regions and high latitude regions immediately adjacent to them will always be warmer at the surface than during warming spells.
If one looks at the standard descriptions of the characteristics of the polar vortices that must be so. Poleward jets run faster round the poles to isolate the polar vortex which gets colder yet poleward jets occur when the globe is warming. The polar vortex is less cold when the globe is cooling.
Anonymous Howard says:
December 31, 2010 at 7:40 am
Pamela Gray says: (December 31, 2010 at 6:51 am)
“not to point out the obvious, but I believe the title said “USA”. Unless I’m mistaken, the Arctic Circle doesn’t quite extend that far South”
Poor Alaska, never gets any respect.
And I would add that poor Pamela Gray needs to go back to grade school Geography.
EternalOptimist says:
December 31, 2010 at 3:13 am
>Next we have to introduce a snow tax,
We already have that here in New Hampshire the money is used to plow our roads.
My idiocy has led to some learnin! The Arctic Region is different than the Arctic Circle. Significant parts of Alaska may lie within the Circle but it apparently has less land within the Arctic Region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arctic_circle.svg
There is not a day goes by that I don’t learn something new here or get a mistaken idea smashed to smithereens upon the rocks of facts and figures.
Again in Texas, we see record highs and lows next to each other, This is unlikely and someone should review these stations for accuracy. Likewise in Oregon we have 2 highs literally surrounded by snowfall, just about at Grants Pass. Possible, but unlikely.
Also why no mention of Arctic ice concentration?
By the way the 2006 January extent was the lowest on the record but in September it was near the top of all the years. Extent in winter does not correlate well with September.
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/AMSRE_Sea_Ice_Extent.png
Douglas, thanks for the Oregon Temperature link! I bookmarked it! Fabulous.
It’s not just a regional phenomena:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2010/12/globe-cooled-by-056-c-in-four-days.html
At least a portion of a 0.75C rise over the past 100 years is due to AGW. Given that today it’s -9C and two days ago it was 12C, I hardly think that AGW is perceptible.
Of course some above have mentioned the greater warming in the arctic which seems to be real. They want you to explain the ice extent which might be lowest in the last 30 years. But it’s all happened before. The well documented migration of peoples to the arctic about 1000 years ago didn’t happen because it was colder.