By P Gosselin on 9. May 2023
By Christian Freuer, EIKE
(Translated, edited by P. Gosselin)
The western US has had an historic winter. From record-breaking cold spells to unprecedented amounts of snow, this has been a memorable cold season – and one that runs counter to the prophecies of the AGW party.
Starting with the cold – and according to data from the warmth-addicted NOAA – the US has set 7 all-time low temperature records so far this year (through April 24) compared to just one heat record, while 321 monthly lows have fallen in April alone (also through April 24) compared to 66 heat records.
Highest April 1st snow cover recorded this year
Regrading snow, in the official books going back to 2001, the largest area ever covered with snow/ice in the western US at the beginning of April so far was 2019’s 1,030,820 sq km, but this year that figure was far exceeded, with satellite imagery showing that more than 1,149-960 sq km of the West was covered with snow and ice on 1 April.
By comparison, the average snowpack in the western US at the end of March is 242,000 square miles.
According to NSIDC data, snowpack this season was well above the April 1 average in all western states. In the table below, South Dakota, Nebraska and Arizona lead the way with 350% of the average, followed closely by Nevada:
Source: NSIDC
All western US states have seen above-average snowfall; in fact, all have set records:
Meanwhile across the pond, the official UK low of -7.4°C was recorded on April 27 in Loch Glascarnoch, Scotland. This broke the previous low of -6.1°C recorded in 1956 in Glenlivet. It’s been quiet for Britain’s climate alarmists, as record cold blanketed the country.
FOR THE RECORD, WE PUBLISHED IN 2002:
1. “Climate science does not support the theory of catastrophic human-made global warming – the alleged warming crisis does not exist.”
2. “The ultimate agenda of pro-Kyoto advocates is to eliminate fossil fuels, but this would result in a catastrophic shortfall in global energy supply – the wasteful, inefficient energy solutions proposed by Kyoto advocates simply cannot replace fossil fuels.”
– by Sallie Baliunas (Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian), Tim Patterson (Paleoclimatologist, Carleton U), Allan MacRae (Professional Engineer, retired (Queen’s U, U of Alberta)
I PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2002 in the Calgary Herald:
3. “If [as we believe] solar activity is the main driver of surface temperature rather than CO2, we should begin the next cooling period by 2020 to 2030.”
I UPDATED MY GLOBAL COOLING PREDICTION IN 2013:
3a. “I suggest global cooling starts by 2020 or sooner. Bundle up.”
[Some say global cooling started in Feb2016, but I prefer Feb2020.]
Here in Utah, the snowmelt is getting under way. Great Salt Lake has risen more than 3 feet. Lake Powell is expected to get a 50-foot boost. Luckily cooler temps prevail, but some flooding is happening. I was supposed to do a coating job at Alta May 1, but the deck is still under several feet of snow.
Thanks for the post. RE:
“… satellite imagery showing that more than 1,149-960 sq km of the West was covered with snow and ice on 1 April.
By comparison, the average snowpack in the western US at the end of March is 242,000 square miles.”
A unit conversion would be helpful here. If you’re going to “compare” two figures they should be in the same unit. 1,149,960 sq. km converts to 444 thousand square miles, almost half a million square miles – nearly twice the average snowpack.
That figure sticks and is worth converting for people in U.S.
It was the Oz megafires wot dunnit with the chilling-
Black summer bushfires may have caused rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña, study suggests | Bushfires | The Guardian
I don’t make this stuff up you know. These people are experts with letters after their names.
The Eddy Minimum has begun, will last until 2055. Review info. on the Marauder minimum (1645-1715) and the Dalton minimum (1790-1830) to understand what the Climate could look like over the next three decades. There in a lot more info. on Europe and China describing conditions during these years.
Our kids might want to venture out west to look at the snow because it will soon be “unavailable” according to the warmistas!
In over 90% of winters since (and including) the one of 1879-1880, at least one snowfall record was set somewhere in the US, that still stands.