Well as we speak Adelaide is again sweltering with a 40 degree plus day. That now makes it 11 this Summer and a record in 125 years of data.

If I had of made a bet with anyone I would have won and my favorite charity would have been $100 better off, though perhaps I might have steered it toward an environmental NGO in keeping with the nature of the wager.

However it would have been on a technicality.

I did go back and check the veracity of The Australian's claims. 1906 was not the 'go to year' rather 1897-8, which experienced ten 40+ days over the Summer season, but they also had 1 day over 40 on November the 10th, not strictly summer yet should be included in the count I would have thought.

There is another 40 degree day predicted for Adelaide later in the week. That for me will be the definite record if it eventuates.

Fascinating revelations
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/tedradiohour/connected/5208488

GOES from wolves killing deer..rebuilding the eco-shere..to that bio-sphere thing in the desert..[who did the very first 'ocean-acidification'..'STUDY'..Then it follows with whales..pooping in the water..being key*

se they poop in the light..and their food converts carbon..into food for sustaining the krill[no whales =acidity=no krill

see un mentioned in THE PIECE..is whales eat fat..and fally poo stays in the light longer/removing more c02..ETC ETC

ANYHOW ITS ALL LINKED..more whales=LESS ACIDIFICATION

had they put oily/whale poop in their 'fake ocean..there would have been no acidification..

end the lies guys*

Sorry, OG, I can't understand what you are trying not to say.

Hi SteeleRuddex,

You might be onto something: If Adelaide's temperature goes over 40 on Wednesday, that will break the old 1896 record. Back to 30-odd for the days afterwards but.

Cheers,

Joe

Dear Joe,

Only if both today and tomorrow manages to reach 40 degrees. I had actually miscalculated. From my data scanning (admittedly a little rushed) it is the 1897-98 record we are chasing since it had 12 days including the November one reading over 40C.

10/11/97 40.3
16/12/97 42.1
28/12/97 42.3
29/12/97 42.6
30/12/97 41.0
11/01/98 43.1
29/01/98 40.6
31/01/98 40.3
01/02/98 41.6
04/02/98 40.4
08/02/98 40.7
23/02/98 40.1

Average 41.3

This summer we have had 11 days thus far.
18/12/2013 41.0
19/12/2013 43.4
13/01/2014 42.1
14/01/2014 45.1
15/01/2014 43.7
16/01/2014 44.2
17/01/2014 44.7
28/01/2014 43.0
01/02/2014 43.4
02/02/2014 44.7
08/02/2014 42.7

Average 43.2

To me the concerning thing is to have a nearly 2 degree greater average in temperatures over 40C over this summer compared to 1897-98. I gather you live in Adelaide so my sympathies. Must have kicked you guys around a bit this year.

Hi Steele Redux,

Yeah, it's just on 42 at the moment. Tomorrow maybe more, and Thursday is supposed to hit 39, which often turns out to be 40. So maybe that record will be broken, well and truly.

Thanks for your information.

Keep cool !

Joe

The reason for ‘the pause’ in global warming, [AS THE NORTH IS IN A DEEPFREEZE] http://www.climatedepot.com/2014/02/05/4406-u-s-record-cold-temperature-in-january-1073-snowfall-records/

4406 U.S..record cold temperatures..in January –
1073 Snowfall records


Forget global warming!? Earth undergoing global COOLING since 2002! Climate Scientist Dr. Judith Curry: ‘Attention in the public debate seems to be moving away from the 15-17 year ‘pause’ to the cooling since 2002’ - Growing number of scientists are predicting global cooling: Russia’s Pulkovo Observatory: ‘We could be in for a cooling period that lasts 200-250 years’

Record snowfall in New York City

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 26% above normal as of Jan 30 2014: ‘On track to have the highest minimum in the modern satellite era’

lest we forget..[URBINISATION/HEAT AFFECT]
AS WE EXPANDED OUR SUBERBIA..THE HEAT effect..emcompased the measuring stations

2%..is a selective sample

or ha\ow about ..warmist/excuse #37 in a series: ‘trade winds’
so clearly..the heat is counter affect..of THE FREEZING NORTH]
http://www.infowars.com/the-reason-for-the-pause-in-global-warming-excuse-37-in-a-series-trade-winds/

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
February 10, 2014

Well not exactly #37, but it sure seems like it with all the handwaving we’ve seen lately.

So far, we’ve heard from Climate Science that ‘the pause’ was caused by:

Too much aerosols from volcanoes, ENSO patterns,missing heat that went to the deep ocean, ocean cooling,low solar activity, inappropriately dealt with weather stations in the Arctic, and stadium waves, to name a few. So much for consensus.

Now, it’s trade winds going too fast that are causing abnormal cooling in the Pacific. A new paper from theUniversity of New South Wales says that once the winds return to normal speed, well, look out, the heat is on.

One thing for certain, even though the media is going predictably berserkers over this paper, the paper clearly illustrates that natural variation has been in control, not CO2. So much for control knobs.

Pacific trade winds stall global surface warming — for now

The strongest trade winds have driven more of the heat from global warming into the oceans; but when those winds slow, that heat will rapidly return to the atmosphere causing an abrupt rise in global average temperatures.