The Arctic is claimed
to have recorded
its hottest reading
in the temperature
record --
100.4F (38C).
The location was
Verkhoyansk,
Siberia,
which was
+32F (+18C)
above the
normal level for
this time of year.
Note: The Verkhoyansk
temperature previously
reached 99.1F (37.3C)
in 1988.
If the record is confirmed
it will represent a new high
for anywhere in the Arctic.
The current record for
the hottest temperature
in the Arctic is held by
Prospect Creek, Alaska,
which recorded
100F (38C)
in 1915.
The first thing you should
notice is the preliminary
new record is only
+0.4F higher than the
previous record in 1915.
Back in 1915, eyeballing
an old fashioned mercury
thermometer was probably
accurate to
+/- 0.5 degree F.,
at best.
In Celsius degrees:
Is 38°C in 2020
really higher
than 38°C in 1915,
as is claimed ?
Assuming the
new record
is correct,
it's taken
105 years
of global
warming to
set a new
Arctic high
temperature
record
... by a mere
0.4 degrees F.
Time to PANIC ?
Note:
The Arctic has had
more global warming
than any other portion
of our planet.
But most of that
warming was in the
coldest six months of
the year. and at night.
Not during summer days.
-- The Arctic’ is
5.5 million
square miles.
-- Canada is
3.8 million
-- The U.S. is
3.8 million
The location for the
new record was in
Verkhoyansk, Siberia,
3,000 miles east
of Moscow.
Scientists had predicted
the Arctic wouldn’t reach
these levels until 2100.
Which is more evidence
“scientists” always get
their predictions wrong !
A single day’s
high temperature
at one location,
is not "climate"
... nor is it proof
of man made
global warming.
Fort Yukon in Alaska
is at the same latitude
as Verkhoyansk,
and had recorded
a temperature of
100 degrees F.
in 1915.
Average maximum
temperatures there
in July are nearly
86F (30C).
Yakutsk is about
280 miles from
the Arctic circle
and has recorded:
101.1 °F (38.4 °C) on July 17, 2011
100.9 °F (38.3 °C) on July 15, 1942
Yakutsk, Siberia has the
coldest winter temperatures
for any major city on Earth.
Average monthly
temperatures
in Yakutsk
range from
67.1 °F (19.5C)
in July to
−37.5 °F (-38.6C)
in January.
Yakutsk is the largest city
built on continuous
permafrost, and many
houses there are built
on concrete piles.
The hottest place
in Siberia is Chita,
classified as
a sub-arctic climate.
August 1936 peak
= 105.1 °F (40.6 °C)
June 1898 peak
= 109.8 °F (43.2 °C)
The Sun does not set
in the high Arctic
in summer, so it gets
warm due to radiant heat.
Conversely, it gets
very cold in the winter
when the sun
does not rise
over the horizon.
There is nothing
remarkable about
the latest weather
in the Arctic.
