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It was the eighth warmest June on record for the globe, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Wednesday in the 129
years since records were begun in 1880. And the first six months of the
year were the ninth warmest since record keeping began in 1880, NOAA’s
National Climatic Data Center reported. The planets average temperature
for June was 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit, 0.9 degrees warmer than average
for the month.
DON’T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT. Just a few days ago, the University of
Alabama, Hunstville came out with their global assessment and they
reported the 22nd warmest in the 30 years of recrods in their data base
(in other words the 9th coldest). In fact, their global mean was
actually below the average (base period 1979-1998) with a value of
-0.11C (-0.19F).
NASA MSU June Temperatures since 1979. See larger one here.
The global data bases suffer from major station dropout after 1990
(number dropped from 6000 to less than 2000) and a ten fold increase in
the number of missing months in the stations that report. There is
serious problems with their algorithms for assessing whether a station
is urban or rural and adjusting for local land use changes. There are
major siting issues, many of which Anthony Watts, Steve McIntyre and
Roger Pielke Sr. have shown have not been properly adjusted for. An old version of a document describing these issues can be found here. Please note the NERON networks plans of NOAA morphed into the Climate Reference Network,
a relatively small number (110 if fully implemented) properly sited
instrument locations that should provide a better tracking of at least
US climate in the future but will not resolve the historical
discrepancies.
Time has come for a major independent investigation of the data
sets, compilation methodology and adjustment practices (and records)
for the global data sets of NOAA, NASA and Hadley. Steve McIntyre and
Anthony Watts are doing their best finding problems but Steve has run
into many roadblocks suggesting folks have something to hide. Meanwhile
we will trust only the UAH and RSS. Source
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