RSS global temperature anomaly makes a significant jump in January

RSS Data Source is here The RSS (Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for January 2009 was published yesterday…

The UK Climate Impact Programme Forecasting Scoresheet

Guest Post by Steven Goddard Recreational cycling during the summer of 2007 The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) is a government funded organization with the following scientifically neutral mission statement on…

New Study Shows Climate Change Largely Irreversible, Climate Modelers Given $140 Million Bonus

From NOAA News, Susan Solomon predicts the future with certainty. In other news, on the same day Caterpillar, Sprint, Texas Instruments, and Home Depot announce massive layoff plans to the…

Philadelphia's Climate in the Early Days

Guest Post by Steven Goddard January, 1790 was a remarkable year in the northeastern US for several reasons.  It was less than one year into George Washington’s first term, and…

"The hardest part is trying to influence the nature of the measurements obtained…"

Many readers here marvel at the scope of adjustments that NASA GISS performs on weather station data. Along those lines, Michelle at Read N Say points out something interesting in…

GISS Divergence with satellite temperatures since the start of 2003

By Steve Goddard and Anthony Watts Some of the excellent readers of the last piece we posted on WUWT gave me an idea, which we are following up on here.…

Misguided thinking: All time low temperature record for Illinois called into question by NWS citing lack of confidence in equipment. "ASOS better than AWOS"

ASOS (left) AWOS (right) – both at airports click for larger images People send me stuff. Last night I got an email from reader Andrew Schut that said: See public…

Divergence Between GISS and UAH since 1980

Guest post by Steven Goddard The GISS website shows the graph below, which indicates a steady, steep warming trend over the last 30 years.  The monthly average anomaly for 2008 (0.44)…

The NOAA/NCDC 2008 temperature map shows near normal USA in 2008

Click for source image No red dots on this map. The map above appears to be representing Weather Service Forecast Office forecast zones, though I’m not absolutely sure since no…

How did the El Chichón and Pinatubo volcanic eruptions affect global temperature records? – Part 2

Guest post by Steve Goddard UPDATE 1-15-08: I tried an experiment which some of the null questioners may find convincing. I took all of the monthly data from 1978 to…

Distribution analysis suggests GISS final temperature data is hand edited – or not

UPDATE: As I originally mentioned at the end of this post, I thought we should “give the benefit of the doubt” to GISS as there may be a perfectly rational…

How did the El Chichón and Pinatubo volcanic eruptions affect global temperature records?

The UAH Satellite Temperature Record With Volcanic Noise Outliers Filtered Out A guest post by Steven Goddard I’ve often wondered what the UAH global temperature record would look like if the…

Can El Nino Events Explain All of the Global Warming Since 1976? – Part 1

Can El Nino Events Explain All of the Global Warming Since 1976? – Part 1 A guest post by Bob Tisdale UPDATE 1 (January 12, 2009): In my extremely brief…

UAH is out, like RSS it is down a bit

Although the webserver file for the UAH dataset has not been updated yet, the man who is “in the know” because he’s a major part of the process has released…

RSS is out for December, down slightly

Click for a larger image RSS Data Source is here The RSS (Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA) Microwave Sounder Unit (MSU) lower troposphere global temperature anomaly data for…

NCDC updates database for Dec08 – NCDC's own graphic shows decadal cooling trend

One of the best things about WUWT is the number of eyes and minds at work, multiplying the efforts. This is interesting. Now that the 1998 El Nino is disappearing…