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Weather Discussion => General Weather Chat => Topic started by: TWCC_DJK5555 on July 01, 2014, 09:16:24 PM

Title: July 2012 no longer "Warmest month on record"
Post by: TWCC_DJK5555 on July 01, 2014, 09:16:24 PM

It's now #2.  Why no fanfare???   :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:

NOAA Reinstates July 1936 As The Hottest Month On Record (http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/30/noaa-quietly-reinstates-july-1936-as-the-hottest-month-on-record/)

Title: Re: July 2012 no longer "Warmest month on record"
Post by: twcclassics on July 02, 2014, 10:36:01 AM

Did they change it back?

According to http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2012/07, (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2012/07,) under "Climate Highlights - July," bullet point #1:

"The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the 20th century average, marking the warmest July and all-time warmest month on record for the nation in a period of record that dates back to 1895. The previous warmest July for the nation was July 1936, when the average U.S. temperature was 77.4°F."

:dunno:

Title: Re: July 2012 no longer "Warmest month on record"
Post by: Metarvo on July 16, 2014, 01:26:51 PM

Who knew?  :huh:  This "warmest year every year" business even as the real numbers said otherwise was bound to hit a head as surely as the above normal hurricane forecasts did.  While they might not be literally proclaiming each July as the warmest, it seems like I hear "hottest ever" at least once a summer.  Even if they retained July 2012 as the warmest month, their waffling on it says something.