Extremes and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather – Half 10: The Contiguous U.S.
Visitor Publish By Bob
Tisdale
That is the final in a collection of ten posts that current
graphs of NOAA precipitation, drought (Palmer Drought Severity Index, PDSI),
and temperature (TMIN, TAVG, and TMAX) information for the contiguous United States
(and the 9 NOAA Local weather Areas thereof) for the most-recent 100 years (1919 to
2018) of knowledge that had been obtainable on the time that I
ready my paperback e book Extremes
and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather,
which is the supply of the graphs. That e book was first printed in Might 2019. The subtitle of the e book is Graphs
of 100 Years of NOAA Contiguous U.S. Local weather Knowledge (2018 Version) – A Guide That
NOAA Ought to Have Printed. Hyperlinks to the 9 earlier posts on this collection will be discovered towards the
finish of this one.
With the 2020 U.S. elections quickly approaching, I’ve
ready this collection of 10 weblog posts that current graphs of NOAA information for the
Contiguous United States in an effort to fight the fixed misinformation and
disinformation being spewed by politicians.
This collection of posts shouldn’t be supposed to attempt to change the beliefs of the
brainwashed devotees of human-induced international warming/local weather change; it’s
supposed to assist and strengthen the understandings of those that aren’t
among the many indoctrinated lots.
IMPORTANT
NOTE
For an outline and dialogue of the graphs that comply with,
see the put up New
Guide: Extremes and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather. Subtitle: Graphs of
100 Years of NOAA Contiguous U.S. Local weather Knowledge (2018 Version) – A Guide That
NOAA Ought to Have Printed. (WattsUpWithThat cross
put up is right here.) It additionally consists of components of the Introduction of
the e book. That put up ought to reply any questions you may need.
[End Note.]
The supply of the first information
is the NOAA Nationwide Knowledge Heart Local weather Knowledge
On-line (NNDC CDO)
web site. The supply of the older
(pre-adjustments) near-surface common air temperature (TAVG) information is the 1984
Karl and Koss paper Regional
and Nationwide Month-to-month, Seasonal, and Annual Temperature Weighted by Space. The Karl and Koss 1984 paper is out there
from NOAA right here.
The
numbering of the illustrations is from the e book Extremes and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather, and that
numbering coincides with these utilized by NOAA at their NNDC CDO web site. I additionally added lettering to the graphs to
keep an ordinary sequence all through the e book.
Comparability of Annual TAVG Knowledge Earlier than and
After NOAA Changes
The next is the introductory textual content from the e book Extremes
and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather that explains the earlier than and after
graph that begins the info (in graph kind) presentation of this put up.
NOAA could be very open in regards to the
changes they’ve made to the U.S. temperature information. Actually, the
changes to the temperature information for america are mentioned as
a part of the Q&A on the NOAA webpage titled Monitoring International and U.S. Temperatures
at NOAA’s Nationwide Facilities for Environmental Info: (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/faq/temperature-monitoring.php)
There they start:
There are a number of components which can be vital in monitoring international or U.S. temperature: high quality of uncooked observations, size of document of observations, and the evaluation strategies used to remodel uncooked information into dependable local weather information information by eradicating present biases from the info. An extra course of takes the a number of local weather information information and creates U.S. or international common temperatures.
On
that NOAA webpage, there are hyperlinks to more-detailed descriptions of the
changes and their reasoning behind them, together with scientific research.
Whereas
getting ready this collection of books, I got here throughout a paper NOAA printed in 1984
that lists the month-to-month and common temperatures for the contiguous United
States and its 9 local weather areas. The authors of the 1984 NOAA paper are
Thomas R. Karl and Walter James Koss, and the paper’s title is (their caps) REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MONTHLY, SEASONAL,
AND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE WEIGHTED BY AREA. The paper will be discovered right here: (https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/10238).
I
then in contrast the curves and linear tendencies of the 1984 and present editions of
these temperature information for the interval of 1919 to 1983 (the beginning 12 months of the
graphs on this e book and the final 12 months of the “previous” information).
United States (Contiguous) Previous vs Present TAVG Temperature Knowledge
Determine Previous v Present TAVG Knowledge-10
Observe: Sadly, the
Karl and Koss 1984 paper solely included the TAVG information. It might have been attention-grabbing to see which
metric, TMIN or TMAX, NOAA has adjusted extra.
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NOAA
CLIMATE DATA FOR CONTIGUOUS U.S.
The next are the six graphs of the precipitation,
PDSI, and temperature information for the Contiguous U.S. from the e book Extremes
and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather.
They had been printed with out remark from me within the e book. Once more, seek advice from
the put up right here for
extra details about the graphs. Additionally,
as soon as extra, the info offered within the subsequent six graphs had been extracted from the
information obtainable on the NOAA
Nationwide Knowledge Heart Local weather Knowledge On-line (NNDC CDO)
web site.
United States (Contiguous) Precipitation Knowledge
Determine
110a
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United States (Contiguous) Palmer Drought Severity Index Knowledge
Determine
110b
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United States (Contiguous) Temperature Indices Knowledge
Determine
110c
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United States (Contiguous) 30-12 months Month-to-month Temperature (TAVG) Averages Comparability
Determine
110d
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United States (Contiguous) 30-12 months Month-to-month Temperature (TMIN) Averages Comparability
Determine
110e
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United States (Contiguous) 30-12 months Month-to-month Temperature (TMAX) Averages Comparability
Determine
110f
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ARCHIVED
DATA PAGE
As famous earlier, the supply of the info offered above in
this put up was the NOAA
Nationwide Knowledge Heart Local weather Knowledge On-line (NNDC CDO)
web site. I archived the NOAA information pages
as I downloaded the info. The archived
NOAA NNDC CDO information web page for the Contiguous United States (from 1900-January 2019)
is right here.
THE
REST OF THIS SERIES OF POSTS
Observe: A lot of the textual content in every put up is boilerplate.
After all, the graphs are totally different for every area, and hyperlinks to the
archived NOAA information pages are totally different for every put up. [End note.]
ALREADY
POSTED
101 Northeast Area
(consists of the statesof Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont).102
East North Southeast Area (consists of the states of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin).103 Central Area (consists of the states of Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia.)104 Southeast Area (consists of the states of Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.)105
West North Central Area (consists of the states of
Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.)
(consists of the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and
Texas.)107
Southwest Local weather Area (consists of the states of
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.)108
Northwest Local weather Area (consists of the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.)109 West Local weather Area (consists of the states of California and Nevada.)
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A
REMINDER
Once more, please see the put up New
Guide: Extremes and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather. Subtitle: Graphs of
100 Years of NOAA Contiguous U.S. Local weather Knowledge (2018 Version) – A Guide That
NOAA Ought to Have Printed. (WattsUpWithThat cross
put up is right here.) It ought to reply any questions you might have about
the graphs.
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A
FEW MORE METRICS
To shut this put up, I’m reproducing the CLOSING from Extremes
and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather. I’ve added a few
hyperlinks that would not seem within the textual content of that paperback.
I
suspect a few of you’re additionally within the variety of hurricanes that make
landfall right here within the continental United States, within the variety of tornados that
landing within the Contiguous U.S., in flood information for the states, and in wildfire
information, too. I made these information shows
in my Kindle e-book quick story titled Dad, Is Local weather Getting Worse in america?. The subtitle of
that quick story is Guide 2 within the DAD, WHY ARE
YOU A GLOBAL WARMING DENIER? Series. Figures Closing-1 by way of -Three are examples of
the graphs included in Dad, Is Local weather Getting Worse within the United
States?. Knowledge sources for these
graphs are linked in that e-book, along with being listed under the graphs.
Determine Closing-1
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Determine Closing-2
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Determine
Closing-Three
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Once more, please see the put up New
Guide: Extremes and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather. Subtitle: Graphs of
100 Years of NOAA Contiguous U.S. Local weather Knowledge (2018 Version) – A Guide That
NOAA Ought to Have Printed. (WattsUpWithThat cross
put up is right here.) It ought to reply any questions you might have about
the graphs.
I’ve no plans to arrange weblog posts for the info for the
particular person states. For these, you’ll
both should obtain the info from NOAA and put together your individual
spreadsheet-based graphs, or you should purchase my paperback e book Extremes
and Averages in Contiguous U.S. Local weather, – Graphs of 100 Years of NOAA Contiguous U.S. Local weather Knowledge (2018 Version) – A
Guide That NOAA Ought to Have Printed.
Regards,
Bob
PS: Simply in case you didn’t discover or you might have
hassle studying graphs, as NOAA information confirms, local weather for the Contiguous U.S.
as a complete has improved over the previous 100 years.
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