doesn’t mean that global warming is bunk.
Jesus, I’ve had like ten people make some snide remark about the recent cold snap and global warming in the last week. Yes, it has been quite cold here. But it has been even hotter in the summer. In fact, the ratio of record highs to record lows has never been higher. See below graph from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
And another thing… Notice how much rain and snow we’ve been getting the last couple of years. This last December set records across the state for snowfall. In fact, Iowa and the Upper Midwest have been getting hotter and wetter. According to NOAA records, the average annual precipitation in Iowa was 34.03 inches in the 1971 – 2000 period versus 33.11 for 1961 – 1990 and 32.09 for 1951 – 1980. And changing in weather patterns is something to be expected according to most climatology models.
I guess if I had to pick between a hotter and dryer Iowa and a hotter and wetter, I’d take the latter. So, climate change throws us a bone.
Considering that the 60′s was when climatologists were telling us that we were entering an ice age, I would say your data is from such a small period of time that it is meaningless.
Please see this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mini-ice-age-starts-here.html
UN scientist seems to contradict you a little bit…
I say nuke ‘em from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Dennis, please find someone more credible that a “U.N. scientist” LOL!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250872/Climategate-U-turn-Astonishment-scientist-centre-global-warming-email-row-admits-data-organised.html
Another chink in the global warming “science”? This one is pretty connected to everything.