Barry Berguist and Foresty Focus' In-House Unrepentent Lier Mark Thomas have both sent me the following graph from Disinformation site CFact.org
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Subject: Coldest in a century
If you checked in over at Climate Depot, you saw that Marc Morano
and our friends over at Real Science are reporting that we just
had the coldest October to March in the United States in
over a century!
Global warming campaigners
would like us to believe that warm spells are climate, while
cold spells are just weather. When they're really
feeling shameless, they say global warming causes
both.
When confronted with hard facts,
such as temperature measured by actual satellites or
thermometers, they're at a loss. Dan Weiss, the
director of climate strategy at the eco-left Center for
American Progress, pulled out of a tv debate with Marc
Morano at the last minute. He joined a growing number
of warming campaigners who realize that they can't hold up
against the facts (or Marc).
That's what Marc Morano
does every day at Climate Depot. That's what makes
CFACT's Climate Depot one of the most effective initiatives
debunking global warming propaganda with hard facts and
analysis.
The last time the U.S. had an
October to March this cold:
Germany,
Austria, Russia and China all had
emperors;
Few
thought the sun would ever set on the British Empire;
The
President of the U.S. was William Howard Taft;
The
U.S. income tax was still a year away;
No
one would have dared suggest we use taxation to control
the weather; and
The
20th century horrors of Communism and Fascism still lay
ahead.
That's a long
time.
What does the
coldest U.S. October to March in a century teach
us?
That weather happens.
Naturally.
For nature and people
too,
Craig
Rucker
Executive
Director
P.S.
Don't forget to remind any of your friends who have been
caught up in global warming hysteria when they ask you to
freak out about some naturally occurring warm spell come
July or August.
If you checked in over at Climate Depot, you saw that Marc Morano
and our friends over at Real Science are reporting that we just
had the coldest October to March in the United States in
over a century!
,
Craig
Rucker
Executive
Director
P.S.
Don't forget to remind any of your friends who have been
caught up in global warming hysteria when they ask you to
freak out about some naturally occurring warm spell come
July or August.
CFact.org is a blatantly political site that presents Disinformation and Lies to the Gullible, the Naive and to the Easily Suckered. It is a site that panders to Conservatives who can't think critically about anything, like Global Warming, that conflicts with their Conservative Beliefs.
It
turns out that not only is CFacts' claim that this was the coldest winter in a century a blatant lie for the US as a whole,
not a single state set a record for having its coldest winter on record.
Nationally, it was only the 34th coldest winter on record. For the
lower 48 states, it was the coldest winter since 2009 to 2010.
One would think that a practiced lier like Mark Thomas would be able to spot another lier, but, no, Mark seems to have won the Gold Star for Guillibility.
Currently, one of the three main articles featured by CFact.org is by Christropher Monckton. He set some kind of Lier's record when Professor John Abraham checked all of his scientific references Monckton used in a talk in the Twin Cities, and found that Monckton had lied about ever single one. That clearly shows that CFact has no integrity at all. Sadly, that seems to be characteristic of a lot of Conservatives.
If you want the state-of-the-art scientific thinking as to why Global Warming is bringing us cold winters, go to YouTube and do a search on Jennifer Francis and watch one her videos/interviews on how the Jet Stream has slowed down with much greater meanders north and south that get stuck in one place for long periods. This winter, a northerly loop brought very warm air way up into Canada and across the West Coast while a southerly loop sucked all that Arctic air down over the eastern 2/3 of the US.
Here is an article comparing this winters temperatures with past winters for the US:
This Winter Wasn't Nearly as Cold as You Think, Feds Say
By the imprecise measure of human perception, this winter was a
brutal one across much of the central and eastern United States. Several
bouts of extreme cold and snow struck from Chicago to Kansas City, and
eastward to Washington, New York and Boston. At times the frigid weather
— related in part to wobbles in the polar vortex and deep dips in jet stream winds — extended all the way to the Gulf Coast.
But according to new data released Thursday, the winter of 2013-14
(meteorological winter is defined as December through February) was not
historically cold for the country as a whole. Instead, nationally
speaking, this winter was an example of how the long-term increase in
average temperatures, which is due in part to emissions of manmade greenhouse gases, is warping our sense of what a frigid winter looks and feels like.
Nationally, it was the 34th coldest winter,
as unusually warm weather west of the Rocky Mountains offset the cold
temperatures in the Midwest and the East. For the lower 48 states (the
U.S. minus Alaska and Hawaii), it was the coldest winter since 2009-10,
and colder than most of the winters of the past 20 years — and not, as
one prominent media outlet stated, the coldest winter of the past 100 years.
Not a single state set a record for its coldest winter on record
Not a single state set a record for its coldest winter on record,
although seven states in the Midwest did make it into their top 10
coldest. In contrast, one state, California, had its warmest winter on
record, with drought conditions worsening and expanding throughout the
season, likely paving the way for a perilous wildfire season ahead with
water management challenges.
So, if this winter wasn’t all too cold nationally, and even the
coldest spots did not obliterate their historical cold records, why is
it that it felt so cold? The primary reason is likely the fact that
winters have been warming significantly across the lower 48 states
during the past century, particularly since 1970, according to data from
NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.
Long-term trends in average winter (December through February) temperatures across the lower 48 states.
Image: NOAA
As the above map shows, the warming has been especially pronounced in
some of the coldest parts of the country, such as the Upper Midwest and
the Northeast. This warming is consistent with global trends caused in
large part by manmade emissions of greenhouse gases.
There was one region where the frigid temperatures did rival
historical cold outbreaks, and that was the Midwest. But even there, few
locations had their all-time coldest winters, despite frequently
bone-chilling temperatures. Many spots, however, did set some cold
temperature records, such as records for the longest streaks of
temperatures below certain thresholds. Even when viewed in this light,
though, this winter did not blow away the winters that one hears about
from family elders, when pipes froze and people had to skate to work or
school uphill, against the wind, as their eyelashes froze solid.
Mainly, though, this winter rivaled — but did not beat — the
historically cold winters that occurred in the early 1980s, and
mid-to-late 1970s. That means that if you're young (say, around
30-years-old) and living in Michigan or Illinois, this was probably the
coldest and snowiest winter you've experienced. However, it wasn't the
most severe winter on record, since instrument records extend back all
the way to the late 19th century.
The Midwest tends to experience the purest, most bone-chilling cold
because it is the first place to experience the Arctic air masses as
they invaded the U.S. Such cold outbreaks tend to ease slightly as they
shift south and east, especially if they move over ground that is not
covered in snow.
The cold caused ice on the Great Lakes to reach nearly unprecedented levels, peaking at about the second-highest extent since records began in 1973.
As this graphic from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) shows, Chicago had an unusually cold winter, with
temperatures frequently falling well below average.
This graphic shows the
day-by-day temperature for the season, in a bar format. Each day's high
temperature and low temperature define the size and placement of that
day's bar. The 1981-2010 normal values, taken from official Normals
data, is displayed as a shaded backdrop for context. Note how frequently
the bars fall below the shaded backdrop, indicating colder than average
temperatures.
Image: NOAA
However, it's been colder there before.
As this second NOAA graphic shows, winters in the 1970s and 1980s had
more days with low temperatures below minus-15 degrees Fahrenheit,
which is the threshold NOAA scientists chose to illustrate the
difference between a cold winter and a frigid one.
This shows how the coldest
air of winter 2013-14 compares with cold outbreaks from Chicago's
history, by comparing the number of days with temperatures as cold or
colder than the threshold occurred each year. The threshold here is days
with minimum temperatures at or below minus-15 degrees Fahrenheit. Many
other winters had more days with such extreme cold.
Image: NOAA
The Midwest had an especially cold February, with temperatures that
dipped to the coldest readings seen since 1979 in some locations. In
Wisconsin, monthly average statewide temperatures were the coldest since
1936.
In several cities, this winter ranked among the top 10 coldest such
seasons, including in Indianapolis, where it was the 5th-coldest, and
Green Bay, Wisc., where it was the second-coldest. But no location
listed in NOAA's report had a coldest winter on record.
In contrast, six cities in the West, including San Francisco and Las Vegas, had their warmest winters on record.
This winter was unusually snowy in Chicago, with Midway Airport now
standing at its 3rd-snowiest year on record, with 85.2 inches so far.
This is just 4.5 inches shy of the all-time seasonal record of 89.7
inches, set in 1962. Given that it can snow in Chicago into the month of
April, it’s conceivable that this record will be broken this year.
Detroit is currently at its second-snowiest winter on record, set in
1880-81, and this too could be eclipsed sometime during March or April
if the city is hit with another significant winter storm.
Several other cities set snowfall records this winter, including
Indianapolis, where 55.1 inches fell, compared to the average of 25.9
inches, and Toledo, where 84.8 inches fell, compared to the average of
about 37 inches inches. Philadelphia had a record six storms that
brought snowfall greater than six inches, which had never happened
before since records began there in 1875.
New York City's average winter temperature for 2013-14 compared to historical data.
Image: Climate Central
Nationally, winter snow cover extent in the lower 48 states was 1.42
million square miles, according to the Rutgers University Snow Lab. This
was 170,000 square miles above the 1981-2010 average, making it the
10th largest season snow cover extent since such records began in 1966.
Many people in the East would be surprised to learn that this winter
was not all that cold, historically speaking. In New York City, for
example, December through February temperatures ranked right in the
middle of the historical range, with similar stories in Washington,
Philadelphia and Boston.
CFACT's graph would have us believe that there has been no warming in the US since about 1920. Here is an EPA graph of historical average temperatures in the US (yes I know this is for annual versus Oct to March, but there is no way the trends are going to be much different):
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Image: Mike Groll/Associated PressBy the imprecise measure of human perception, this winter was a brutal one across much of the central and eastern United States. Several bouts of extreme cold and snow struck from Chicago to Kansas City, and eastward to Washington, New York and Boston. At times the frigid weather — related in part to wobbles in the polar vortex and deep dips in jet stream winds — extended all the way to the Gulf Coast.But according to new data released Thursday, the winter of 2013-14 (meteorological winter is defined as December through February) was not historically cold for the country as a whole. Instead, nationally speaking, this winter was an example of how the long-term increase in average temperatures, which is due in part to emissions of manmade greenhouse gases, is warping our sense of what a frigid winter looks and feels like.Nationally, it was the 34th coldest winter, as unusually warm weather west of the Rocky Mountains offset the cold temperatures in the Midwest and the East. For the lower 48 states (the U.S. minus Alaska and Hawaii), it was the coldest winter since 2009-10, and colder than most of the winters of the past 20 years — and not, as one prominent media outlet stated, the coldest winter of the past 100 years.Not a single state set a record for its coldest winter on record, although seven states in the Midwest did make it into their top 10 coldest. In contrast, one state, California, had its warmest winter on record, with drought conditions worsening and expanding throughout the season, likely paving the way for a perilous wildfire season ahead with water management challenges.Not a single state set a record for its coldest winter on recordSo, if this winter wasn’t all too cold nationally, and even the coldest spots did not obliterate their historical cold records, why is it that it felt so cold? The primary reason is likely the fact that winters have been warming significantly across the lower 48 states during the past century, particularly since 1970, according to data from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.
