Monday, February 14, 2011

Record warmth this week?

Climate change skeptics seem to get all excited when cold winters are cold, but how about when cold winters are warm? I spied this tweet:

"A high temperature of 50 degrees in #Wausau, Wis., on Sunday shattered the record of 42 degrees dating all the way back to 1908."

Not just by a degree -- eight degrees of separation!

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2011/02/14/toronto-temperatures-drop546.html
Buttonville airport near Toronto set a new high record of 7 C (44.6 F).

International Falls, commonly the coldest place in the lower 48? "Skating rinks and snow piles took a beating Sunday while the nation’s ice box broke its record for warmest Feb. 13 with a high of 46 degrees, topping the old International Falls record of 44 set in 1983."

Manitoba had record highs all over the place.

Now, granted this was one warm day. But the week is supposed to be warm. I wonder how many skeptical blogs will note all these warm winter temperatures, after publicizing the hell out of the January snowstorms? Not many, I betcha.

But the wolverines will notice.

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