Quotes from a 2015
official U.S. NOAA blog:
"Climate change
rule of thumb:
cold "things"
warming faster
than warm things"
by Deke Arndt
November 24, 2015
"This week,
Beyond the Data
looks at one
of the more
well-grounded
“rules of thumb”
for understanding
climate change."
" ... on average, cooler places
and cooler times are warming
more quickly than warmer places
and times."
" ... the arctic
is the fastest-warming
large region on the planet."
"The Arctic is warming
at more than twice the rate
of the rest of the world."
" ... there is evidence that
high-elevation places
are warming more,
on average, than lower
elevation places."
"In most of the mid-latitudes,
where most Americans live,
and where we have something
resembling four seasons each year,
the cold season is warming
the most rapidly of all."
"This shows up clearly
in the US temperature record,
particularly during the last
quarter-century, when the
excursions from the
long-term average
are much larger
during the winter season
than the summer."
"Since the turn
of the 20th century,
the nation’s average winter
(December through February)
temperature has increased
by almost twice the rate
of the summer
(June through August)
temperature, at 2.0°F
per century versus
1.1°F per century,
respectively."
" ... the cooler time of the day
shows more effects of warming
than the warmer time."
"So, there you have it.
The cool places and
the cool seasons and
even the cooler times
of day are warming more
than the warmer places,
seasons and times."
"It’s a
rule of thumb,
which means
that there are
plenty of exceptions,
but more often
than not, it’s true."