New Zealand: Unseasonably cold May and June

May was the coldest recorded in many parts of New Zealand and June was not far behind, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) climate scientist Georgina Griffiths said yesterday.
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...the average maximum daily temperature in Auckland for June was the second lowest in 50 years - 13.6C.

Several places recorded their lowest June average minimum daily temperatures: Warkworth, Whangaparaoa, Port Taharoa (coastal Waikato), Turangi, Paraparaumu, Wellington, Wanganui and Banks Peninsula.

Bubkes III “tightly controlled” « Watts Up With That?

Now every time I think of Chip Reid, I’ll think of Real Climate’s “tightly controlled” environment.

I should add that I’ve experienced the same thing at RC, valid questions I have posed have been wholesale deleted personally by Gavin Schmidt. I’ve kept a record and screencaps of such things, I would suggest that you all do the same.

Deleting rude comments or comments that are badly OT or inflaming is one thing, but when you start deleting valid scientific questions posed by people in your circle of interest, it doesn’t take long for all of those individually affected to start comparing notes.

RC seems to have a small following of the same people that make up a core group, but when you examine the web statistics, it seems obvious that such a strategy is failing their primary mission of reaching out to people...