Daily Archives: August 23, 2014

Laurel, Maryland is just down the road. They have recorded three 90 degree days this year – the fewest on record. The average number per year is 29, with a peak of 68 in the year 1900.

Birthers are those disgusting people who claim that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, in order to gain political or economic advantage. The original birther seems to have been Barack Obama, who apparently told his literary agents in 1991 that he was … Continue reading →

Jose’s Spanish team of the north is playing well.

Reader daveandrews723 got this E-Mail from Reto Ruedy at GISS It is true that our estimates for the global mean temperature anomalies occasionally change, since we base them on the best currently available data; those do change with time as records … Continue reading →

This week in 1954, Boston’s Old North Church was damaged by hurricane Carol. Another major (category 3-5) hurricane hit New England ten days later. There have been no major hurricanes in New England since.

At the end of another long hot summer in Greenland, the research station in the center of the ice cap is nearly buried in new snow which accumulated over the summer summit:status:webcam Climate experts tell the press that Greenland is … Continue reading →

Climate experts say that Northeast and Northwest Passages are open for business, but neither will open up this year.  icen2014082118_2014082900_039_arcticicen.001.gif (754×666)