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An Axe to grind: 1936 summer heat compared to 2005
by pat n Monday, Feb. 06, 2006 at 8:54 AM
npat1@juno.com (email address validated)

Hartlod is trying to baffle everyone with things he's picked up over the years to throw at people, most of it totally unrelated to real science and real climate. He has an Axe to grind. Watch out!

jun_1_to_aug_31__1936_daily_highs_and_lows.jpg, image/jpeg, 487x551

There is no mystery that temperatures oscillate more in dry air than in humid air. Globally more humid conditions are a signature of a globally greenhouse warmed climate. Cold dry air was existed over large areas of the world during the Pleistocene and most of the Holocene ... up to the 20th century.

The extremely dry air of the 1930s didn't happen in 2005, and won't happen again for millions of years. See the daily highs and lows for Jun-Aug of 1936 compared to Jun-Aug 2005, graphs follow.

The gap between daily highs and lows in 2005 is much narrowed than in 1936. 1936 record high daily temperatures were a result of bone dry air and clear skies. http://climate.umn.edu/doc/twin_cities/mspdewpoint.htm

2005 summer heat was influenced by higher concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Note that the lows in the summer of 2005 were substantially higher than the the lows in 1936 ... hot and humid sleeping conditions.

How do you explain record heat and very low humidity from 1927-1936? I explained that in my comments posted at realclimate.org ... Hartlod was banned by real scientists from posting at realclimate at:
http://www.realclimate.org

To view additional 100 year temperature plots in the Upper Midwest, Great Plains, Northwest and Alaska see:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/patneuman2000/my_photos

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Summer heat, 1936 compared to 2005
by pat n Monday, Feb. 06, 2006 at 8:54 AM
npat1@juno.com

jun_1_to_aug_31__2005_daily_highs_and_lows.jpg, image/jpeg, 487x550

Hot and humid sleeping in 2005.

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