All time seasonal snowfall records broken in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington

It’s almost as if the planet is trying to send a message to Washington. I find the choice of words from NOAA/NWS (see below the read more line) interesting when…

What NOAA Isn't Saying About Snow and Ice

By Steven Goddard As reported on WUWT, NOAA is warning of “earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons.”  But what NOAA isn’t saying is that snow is falling earlier and heavier…

Snow totals for Washington DC storm

The storm is over, the totals and reports are in. Here’s the lowdown on the snowfall records from the Baltimore NWS:

NOAA: All time record snowfall for DC and Baltimore?

From the “weather is not climate department”, it seems that the biggest snowstorm of all time is targeting the nation’s capitol. Here’s the current radar image: via NOAA/NWS SPECIAL WEATHER…

Summer snow in Australia

More from the “weather is not climate department”. Flurries hit southeast Australia as towns record their first-ever summer snowfalls excerpts from the story by: Rod Mcguirk, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA,…

UAH global satellite data has record warmest day for January

We’ve talked a lot about record cold and snow, now more from the “weather is not climate department”, and this time there’s a warm side to the story. I’d planned…

NWS Met on Florida Cold: “This is the longest stretch ever in 100 years of record keeping.”

From the “weather is not climate department” and  the High Springs Florida Herald, a story of record length of subfreezing cold in Florida. Excerpts: Assessing the full damage to many…

December 2009: Second Snowiest on Record in the Northern Hemisphere

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…

The frigid hit parade – over 1200 new cold and snow records set in the last week in the USA, more in progress

From the “weather is not c..c..cl..climate” department, cold and snow hits hard. Meanwhile, Hot Weather Convinces Media of Climate Change; Cold Weather Ignored. And it heads far south too. A…

Record cold weather roundup – hundreds of new cold and snow records set in the last week

From the “weather is not climate department. Oh the weather outside is frightful…. Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capitol Here’s the roundup of cold and snow records for the…

877 new snowfall records set or tied in the USA in the last week

And that’s not all, for the week ending Dec 13th, there were 815 new snowfall records set. December 2009 is shaping up to be quite the snowmaker. Here’s a map…

"Global Warming" Cancels Christmas for Many Travelers – Breaks Records

From the “weather is not climate” department, inconvenient travel: Here’s a sample of headlines related to difficult if not impossible holiday travel:

Record snowfalls in Valdez Alaska sinks boat and Washington DC gets a new snowfall record

Above: Photo taken at eye level of a sign already elevated because of seasonal snow issues. See below for photo of sunken boats in Valdez harbor due to snow loading.…

Lots of new cold and snow records in the USA this past week.

From the “weather is not climate” department. 815 new snowfall records, 304 low temperature, and 403 lowest max temperature records were set this week. Here’s a summary:

Houston: we have a problem – it's snowing!

From the “it’s weather not climate department” – I never thought I’d see this today on the header of the Houston Chronicle: The snow is the earliest on record. Of…

More on the record high-low temperature debacle

U.S. Record Temperatures—A Closer Look From World Climate Report: A new paper that is soon to appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that across the U.S. daily record…

Little Ice Age thermometers – History and Reliability

Little Ice Age thermometers – History and Reliability Guest post by TonyB How reliable are The Little Ice Age thermometers ? The Little Ice age thermometers project is an attempt…

NCAR: Number of record highs beat record lows – if you believe the quality of data from the weather stations

I’ll have a lot more on this study later, but for now just a short rebuttal. I believe this study is hopelessly flawed due to the fact that the authors…

NCDC: October USA – temperature 3rd coldest on record, wettest ever on record

From the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), State of the Climate, National Overview, October 2009: Temperature Highlights – October The average October temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the…

Chilled Kiwi's: Coldest October since 1945

From the weather is not climate department, it seems that the USA is not the only country experiencing an October cold snap. Coldest October in 64 years LATEST: It will…