Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Climatologist: July 2019 Was Not The Warmest On Record | Climate Dispatch

Climatologist: July 2019 Was Not The Warmest On Record | Climate Dispatch
"July 2019 was probably the 4th warmest of the last 41 years. 
...We are now seeing news reports (e.g. CNNBBCReuters) that July 2019 was the hottest month on record for global average surface air temperatures.
One would think that the very best data would be used to make this assessment. 
After all, it comes from official government sources (such as NOAA, and the World Meteorological Organization [WMO]).
But current official pronouncements of global temperature records come from a fairly limited and error-prone array of thermometers which were never intended to measure global temperature trends. 
The global surface thermometer network has three major problems when it comes to getting global-average temperatures...
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