Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: The Warmest Day Ever

Global surface temperatures have increased dramatically in recent days. As can be seen in the figure above from the UAH website, July 14, 2009 is the warmest day ever in their dataset, which dates to 1998 (the little box on the red line shows the July 14 value). July 14th may or may not have been the warmest day ever, however it does portend an end to the debate over global "cooling."

Comment from Maurice on Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: The Warmest Day Ever

Ten years of cooling is weather not climate; but breaking a ten year old record for a single day portends an end to the debate over global “cooling”.

Faith is indeed a powerful force.

Via email, John Christy writes:

Please note that the temps on our "real-time" website are not considered
calibrated against the full record as they are derived from NOAA-15 (a
drifting satellite) rather than AQUA (a non-drifting satellite).
NOAA-15 has been drifting into a warmer part of the day, so its
anomalies will be slightly too warm - but on a daily basis it is not
really possible to say what the error really is. Our calibrated daily
values will be out after the end of the month.

Meteorologist says man not cause of climate issue | Hudson Star-Observer | Hudson, Wisconsin

He noted that there has been much publicity about the shrinking of the polar ice cap.

“Evidence shows that the cap was much smaller in the 1930s when we went through a warm period,” [Dave] Dahl said. “Siberian ice has grown 20 percent in the past two years.”

Dahl noted that throughout history there is evidence of warm and cold periods.

“It’s a recurring pattern and the sun in the key ingredient,” Dahl said. “The fact is, we could very well be headed for a cool period. Some scientists believe we are headed into a 20-30-year cooling trend based on historical patterns.”

He said it is unfortunate that the science of climate has been mixed in with political policy and political agendas.

“Many scientists are afraid to speak out because much of the funding comes from the government and they are afraid they will lose funding,” Dahl said.

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For the 1st time in July, we hit 90° today (last 90° day 6/26). Year without a summer continues. Ooops! forgot about Global Warming!

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senatorkopp: Just heard Lord Monckton on global warming. His name for cape and trade - Taxman/Malarkey. Listening to Zell Miller now on the free market