Changes From 2004 To 2008

SEARCH BLOG: CLIMATE

Back in 2004, the economy was booming, the Democrats were saying the war in Iraq was lost, and the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] was predicting rapidly rising sea levels and Minnesota having a climate like Tennessee.

Amazing what 4 years can do. Watch this and be amused at how scientists were able to project massive climate changes based on a few years of El Nino affected temperature increases.



I'm sure Minnesota is somewhat disappointed that the predictions were nonsense.

Looking at yesterday's weather at International Falls, Minnesota, the National Weather Service reported this:

CLIMATE REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
430 PM CST TUE JAN 13 2009


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...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13 2009...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2009


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
        VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM        -11    348 PM  41    1987  13    -24       19
MINIMUM        -42R   642 AM -36    1979  -9    -33        7
AVERAGE        -26                         2    -28       13

That appears to be a new daily record cold for that location... 6° colder than the previous record of 30 years ago. [Note: this is not a statewide record for the month of January. That occurred in 1996 at Montevideo with a temperature of -57°F]

I'm also sure the people in Tennesse would be disappointed to have the Minnesota climate.

You can hear the folks up in International Falls saying "Bring on dat der Global Warmin', eh?"

ADDENDUM

Statewide monthly records are being updated.

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