I started this report
earlier this month,
and then stopped,
when I started thinking
about that fact that
I could not care less
about a global average
temperature.
Then I posted three charts
about the unusually cold
October through April 2019,
in the United States,
the coldest October-April
in over 100 years,
based on average daily
maximum temperatures,
at all 1,218 United States
Historical Climatology
Network Stations.
( see charts below )
And I posted
a short article
saying the following:
From January 1, 2019
through April 15, 2019:
-- Only 15% of days
in the US have been
above 65 degrees F.
-- This (2019)
is the coolest
January 1
through April 15
in 25 years.
-- This (2019) is the
eleventh coolest
January 1
through April 15
in 110 years.
-- The warmest year,
for January 1
through April 15,
was 1910, when
30% of the days
were above 65F.
Here in Bingham Farms, Michigan,
where we've lived in the same home
since 1987, it was cold.
We lived about four miles directly
south, in an apartment, from
1980 to 1987.
It was cold then too.
I want some global warming
here, and now, and I don't care
if the global average goes down,
or up.
How to detect a
climate change problem:
If a lot of people around the world
are complaining about their
local temperatures getting too warm,
we might have a global warming
climate change problem.
Of course people 65 and over,
which now includes me, since 2018,
and the wifey, for a few years
before that (heh heh -- just checking
if you've been reading the blog)
should NOT be asked
-- we complain about the weather
every day, when we are not
chasing small children
off of our lawns.
So here's
what happened
in 2018
The previous
ten years
(2008-2017)
are used as
reference period.
On average,
the global surface
air temperature
for year 2018
was near the average
of the past ten years,
but cooler than in
2016 and 2017.
The warm years
of 2015 and 2016
were affected by
a large El Niño
heat release
in the Pacific Ocean,
ending in early 2016.
In the Arctic regions,
the Canada-Greenland sector
had below average
temperatures, along with
western Russia.
The Siberian and Alaska sectors
had above average temperatures.
Most of Europe, Siberia
and Alaska had
above average temperatures,
versus the previous 10 years.
Near the Equator,
surface air temperatures
were generally below
or near the average
for the previous 10 years.
In the
Southern
Hemisphere,
the Indian Ocean
west of Australia,
and most of the
South Atlantic
had temperatures
somewhat
below average.
Temperatures
were relatively high
in the South Atlantic,
and part of the
Pacific Ocean.
Since 1979,
the earth's surface
has warmed faster
than the upper
Troposphere,
implying that the
surface heating
that was observed
must have included
warming from
causes other than
greenhouse gasses.
