ARE CALIFORNIA SUMMER TEMPERATURE TRENDS different from the rest of the mainland U.S.? Let’s look at the historical data.
The 119-year maximum temperature record for California summers is shown in the first chart, and for U.S. summers in the second.
Does the California record “agree” with the U.S. (year by year) over the 119-year period? Well, there are clearly major similarities and at least one major difference.
The 1935 and 2005 summer temperature peaks in California’s WRCC 11-year trendline roughly correlate with the U.S. temperature record, which peaked in 1936 and 2010-11. There was a continent-scale summer warming that dominated these two historic periods across the U.S.
The first of the two periods clearly corresponds to the great 1930s “Dust Bowl” climate phenomena in the U.S. The second period is still the subject of great controversy among those who seriously study the physical basis of the Earth’s climate system — but has lead to panic in some media quarters (“oceans will boil,” “the end of mankind” and so forth). Great headline material — but very poor science …
In contrast, California’s record-breaking 1960 summer maximum temperatures and the 1959-61 (three-year) series of peaks in California summer temperatures have no evident counterpart in the U.S. record. Clearly, around 1960 some factor within the Earth’s chaotic natural climate system strongly increased California’s summer temperatures — but didn’t influence the entire U.S. to the same extent.
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Beyond the climate change denial crowd—
Another more profound look at California’s present summer outlook.
From the post below: more information for our elected leaders past and present to contemplate..
“Update From the Pacific Institute California Drought Response Group – April 25”
http://pacinst.org/news/update-from-the-pacific-institute-california-drought-response-group-april-25/
Beyond the climate change denial crowd—
From the post below: more information for our elected leaders past and present to contemplate..
‘We Are Not Fear-mongering’: US Scientists Ready Climate Warning
National Climate Assessment is due for release and the consensus is (once again) a call to action
Excerpts from the draft report (pdf) make it clear:
“Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present.”
“Long-term, independent records from weather stations, satellites, ocean buoys, tide gauges, and many other data sources all confirm the fact that our nation, like the rest of the world, is warming, precipitation patterns are changing, sea level is rising, and some types of extreme weather events are increasing.”
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/05
Indeed it is a time for action. The sea level has risen eight inches over the past 100 years. I have moved my beach chair accordingly.
Beyond the climate change denial crowd—
From the post below: more information for our elected leaders past and present to contemplate..
“As carbon emissions concentrate in the atmosphere, the planet is burning up… and fast.”
“Over the course of April, according to the world’s premiere atmospheric monitoring station Mauna Loa, Hawaii, which is run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the concentration of carbon averaged more than 400 parts per million for the entire month for the first time in human history.”
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/06
It is time for action, climate change can end life as we know it . I call on all others that are conscious to this issue to park your cars, walk, ride a bike, You’ve talked the talk now walk the walk . What’s that you say? that would be an inconvenience, a hard ship. Tell that to your grand kids if they are around when they say “what did you do to fight climate change” “well I complained a lot but I wasn’t about to stop driving my car”
Beyond California summer temperatures—
A deeper analysis for our elected leaders past and present to consider…
Climate Change is Clear and Present Danger That The Fossil Fuel Industry Would Like You To Ignore
“Some quick background: The U.S. Global Change Research Program was formed by Congressional mandate in 1990, and charged with producing regular “National Climate Assessments” in order to “highlight key knowledge that can improve policy choices and identify significant gaps that can limit effective decision making.” The NCA reports are compiled by a 60-member federal advisory committee made up some scientists, business leaders, and other climate experts, and the content itself is written by nearly 300 scientists, academics, government and private sector experts. The document itself is subjected to exhaustive review, including by the National Academy of Sciences. And as a consensus-based document, the findings must be approved by representatives of such disparate parties as environmental groups and fossil fuel companies. If anything, this report is conservative in its findings.”
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/05/08/national-climate-assessment-climate-change-clear-and-present-danger-fossil-fuel-industry-would-you-ignore
Will you are a little out of touch and at best not even sure were you are at. by your constant search for some evidence that you are correct. The problem Will IS YOU HAVE PROVEN YOURSELF Wrong OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Sorry Will YOU ARE IN ANOTHER STRANGE WORLD. Will take a longng vacation at someone elses cost. This is a bit much for some4ome someome who is clueless.
Bob said: Will you are a little out of touch
A little?
Bob, you are being too kind.