From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Unsupported By NOAA's Climate Data
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:33:47 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
L.A. Times Editorial Claim That "The Planet Is Experiencing A Horrifying Streak
of Record-Breaking Heat" Is Unsupported By NOAA's Climate Data
The opening L A Times editorial paragraph claims that for California "the last
few months have been more than 2 degrees hotter than average". This claim is
erroneous as demonstrated in the discussion below.
NOAA's data for the maximum temperatures experienced in California for the
month of February 2024 as well as all February months for years from 1895 to
2023 are shown below.
https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-115.png?
ssl=1
NOAA's data shows the mean February maximum temperature over its base period
interval of 1901 - 2000 is 55.6 degrees F compared to California's February
2024 maximum value of 56.0 degrees F (0.4 degrees F above the mean) as
indicated in NOAA's data table below versus the Times distorted and false claim
of "2 degrees hotter than average".
https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-116.png?
resize=650%2C720andssl=1
More importantly, the February 2024 maximum temperature of 56 degrees F in
California is only the 62nd highest out of 130 total February recorded highest
values with the 2024 temperature clearly not representing "a horrifying streak
of record-breaking heat" as falsely hyped by the L A Times editorial.
NOAA's data for the maximum temperatures experienced in California for the
month of March 2024 are shown below along with all other March temperatures for
the years 1895 through 2023.
https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-117.png?
ssl=1
NOAA's data shows a mean March maximum temperature over its base period
interval of 1901 - 2000 is 60.0 degrees F compared to the states March 2024
maximum value of 59.7 degrees F (-0.3 degrees F below the mean) as indicated in
NOAA's data table below versus the Times distorted and false claim of "2
degrees hotter than average".
https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-118.png?
resize=668%2C720andssl=1
More importantly, the March 2024 maximum temperature of 59.7 degrees F in
California is only the 57th highest out of 130 total March recorded highest
values with this temperature clearly not representing "a horrifying streak of
record-breaking heat" as falsely hyped by the L A Times editorial.
NOAA's maximum temperature data for California shows that the temperatures
experienced in February and March in 2024 are very close to "average" for these
months (0.4 degrees above and -0.3 degrees below NOAA's base period interval
1901-2000 mean values respectively) representing only the 62nd and 57th maximum
temperatures respectively experienced in California for these months out of 130
maximum measured temperatures for each of these two months.
The Times flawed claim that February and March 2024 ("the last few months" as
noted in their article) are about "2 degrees above average" is based on their
misrepresentation of the February and March 2024 monthly temperature outcomes
by averaging these months with 9 additional previous months and then
erroneously claiming these cherry-picked 10-month long intervals (May through
February and June through March) mean values represent the February and March
2024 mean value outcomes which is of course incorrect.
The Times comparison is meaningless in addressing changes occurring in February
and March temperatures over time because year 2024 outcomes for these months
are being determined for temperatures associated with 10-month-long cherry-
picked interval averages instead of averages of NOAA's February and March
measured temperature outcomes over its 1895 to 2024 historical tracking period.
Additionally, it is clearly obvious on inspection of NOAA's February and March
California maximum temperature graphs shown above that nothing remotely
resembling "a horrifying streak of record-breaking heat" is occurring as so
ridiculously hyped in the Times article.
NOAA's monthly maximum temperature graph and data for the state of California
for all months during the years 1895 through March 2024 establishes a mean
maximum temperature of 70.0 degrees F during this period as shown below with by
far the highest maximum temperature experienced in the state being in July 1931
during the "dust bowl" era of the 1930s along with many other year hot July and
August months.
https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-119.png?
ssl=1
NOAA's California maximum temperature data table (with the highest values shown
below) establishes that the February and March 2024 temperatures are far below
the mean 70-degree F value while representing only the 312 (56.0 degrees F) and
480 (59.7 degrees F) respectively out of the highest 1551 total data values
respectively.
https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-120.png?
ssl=1
[...]
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/04/25/l-a-times-editorial-claim-that-the-
planet-is-experiencing-a-horrifying-streak-of-record-breaking-heat-is-
unsupported-by-noaas-climate-data/
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