Almost All US Temperature Data Used In Global Warming Models Is Estimated or Altered

Posted: September 29, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: AC power, Barack Obama, Climate, Climate model, Earth, El Niño–Southern Oscillation, Global warming, Met Office, United States, Watts Up With That? | 1 Comment

John Hinderaker writes: We have written many times about the fact that the temperature data used in the alarmists’ global warming models are not original data as measured by thermometers. Rather, they are “adjusted” numbers, consistently changed to make the past look cooler and the present warmer, so that more billions of dollars will flow from the world’s governments to the climate alarmists who serve government’s cause. This is, in my opinion, the greatest scandal in the history of science.

This article at Watts Up With That? adds incrementally to that picture. John Goetz analyzes the U.S. temperature data that finds its way into “official” tabulations. This is particularly important because, while the U.S. represents only 6.6% of the total land area of Earth, we account for close to half of the data relied on by the Global Historical Climatology Network. This is a big topic, and you should study the Goetz article in its entirety if you have time. I am still digesting it. Read the rest of this entry »

Sweaty Balls in Hong Kong

Posted: August 9, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Asia, China, Health and Social Issues | Tags: Agence France-Presse, Celsius, Crown colony, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Observatory, Met Office, Su-ao, Taiwan, Temperature, Typhoon Soudelor (2003), Yilan | 1 Comment

HOTTEST DAY IN HISTORY: Hong Kong on Saturday recorded its hottest day since authorities began taking temperature readings 130 years ago, due to the influence of a nearby typhoon.

The daily maximum temperature hit 36.3 degrees Celsius, the Hong Kong Observatory said, with higher temperatures recorded in some parts of the city earlier in the day.

A layer of haze hung over the metropolis of seven million, as people wielding electric fans and umbrellas tried in vain to beat the boiling heat.

“This is a new record,” a Hong Kong Observatory spokesman told AFP.

“Today, the recorded daily maximum… was 36.3 degrees Celsius,” he said, adding that the previous hottest days on record occurred in 1900 and 1990, when a temperature of 36.1 degrees Celsius was recorded. Read the rest of this entry »