{"id":287853,"date":"2023-11-13T19:13:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T18:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287853"},"modified":"2023-11-13T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T18:13:28","slug":"l-a-times-fails-to-comprehend-the-difference-between-average-temperature-anomaly-absolute-maximum-temperature-climate-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287853","title":{"rendered":"L A Times Fails to Comprehend the Difference between \u201cAverage Temperature Anomaly\u201d & \u201cAbsolute Maximum Temperature\u201d Climate Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Larry Hamlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the most recent L A Times article<\/a> hyping \u201cthe hottest October on record\u201d the Times can\u2019t seem to get it right in understanding the critical differences between \u201caverage temperature anomaly\u201d <\/strong>and \u201cmaximum absolute temperature\u201d <\/strong>data.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Times article references the global\u00a0average temperature anomaly<\/strong>\u00a0graphic noted below which shows the October 2023 global value.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NOAA has also\u00a0released its October 2023<\/a>\u00a0Contiguous U.S.\u00a0average temperature<\/strong>\u00a0anomaly<\/strong>\u00a0outcome of 1.35 F (shown below \u2013 degrees F on the left hand scale) which climate alarmists have ignored and instead erroneously hyped the global wide October\u00a0average temperature anomaly<\/strong>\u00a0outcome as representing the\u00a0maximum absolute temperature<\/strong>\u00a0that applies to the Contiguous U.S. region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. Contiguous average temperature<\/strong> anomaly<\/strong> value is defined using the USCRN temperature network of measurement stations that commenced operation in 2005 that are specifically determined to meet siting standards that preclude urban heat island impacts from distorting temperature measurements as occurs on the majority of USHCN temperature stations<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NOAA October 2023 Contiguous U.S. average temperature<\/strong> anomaly<\/strong> value is only the 7th highest average anomaly value<\/strong> measured with prior year measurements for years 2016 (3.44 F), 2015 (2.72 F), 2021(2.29 F), 2014 (2.23 F), 2007 (1.85 F) and 2010 (1.46 F) all exceeding the October 2023 measured average<\/strong> temperature anomaly<\/strong> result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The L A Times article\u00a0shown below<\/a>\u00a0once again misunderstands and misuses (as discussed in a prior WUWT article found\u00a0here<\/a>) the critical difference (yet again) between\u00a0average temperature<\/strong>\u00a0anomaly<\/strong>\u00a0data and\u00a0absolute maximum temperature<\/strong>\u00a0data by erroneously claiming that the October 2023\u00a0average temperature<\/strong>\u00a0anomaly<\/strong>\u00a0represents the\u00a0\u201cthe hottest October on record\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(note the Times articles photo caption) without understanding that such claims\u00a0can only be determined by use of\u00a0absolute maximum temperature\u00a0<\/strong>data\u00a0versus\u00a0average temperature<\/strong>\u00a0anomaly<\/strong>\u00a0data.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Average temperature anomaly<\/strong> data represents a measure of the statistical difference between a specific month\u2019s average temperature<\/strong> and the long-term average temperature<\/strong> of that same months\u2019 prior measurements over a defined period of years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Average temperature anomaly<\/strong> data does not represent maximum absolute temperature<\/strong> values with these latter measurements being required to support claims of \u201cthe hottest October on record\u201d<\/strong> as hyped by climate alarmists.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The global wide average temperature anomaly<\/strong> data represent the combined average of hugely varying global regional average temperature anomaly<\/strong> values that cover the entire earth\u2019s surface with about 70% of that surface being over the world\u2019s oceans and about 30% being over the far-flung continents which are separated by tens of thousands of miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The land area of the contiguous U.S. region represents less than 1.9 % of the earth\u2019s surface and lies between a specific and defined region of latitude (about 25.84 degrees N to 49.38 degrees N) and longitude (about 66.96 degrees W to 124.67 degrees W) in the northern hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attempting to utilize a global wide average temperature anomaly<\/strong> value to determine what absolute maximum temperature<\/strong> outcomes occurred in various defined regional global areas is absurd and invalid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the L A Times wants to address \u201cthe hottest October on record<\/strong>\u201d it needs to use absolute maximum temperature<\/strong> data records instead of average temperature anomaly<\/strong> data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOAA\u2019s Contiguous U.S. October\u00a0maximum temperature data<\/strong>\u00a0for the period 1895 to 2023 (shown below<\/a>\u00a0) clearly establishes that October 2023 was only the\u00a094th highest October maximum temperature<\/strong>\u00a0out of 129 recorded\u00a0maximum temperatures\u00a0<\/strong>with the highest ever measured October valueoccurring\u00a0in 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking at NOAA\u2019s Contiguous U.S.\u00a0maximum temperature\u00a0<\/strong>data\u00a0for all months between 1895 and 2023, as\u00a0shown below<\/a>, establishes that\u00a0the October 2023\u00a0maximum temperature<\/strong>\u00a0was only the 867th\u00a0maximum temperature<\/strong>\u00a0month out of 1546 recorded\u00a0maximum<\/strong>\u00a0temperature<\/strong>\u00a0months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If the L A Times wants to make claims of \u201cthe hottest month on record<\/strong>\u201d then it must use\u00a0absolute maximum temperature<\/strong>\u00a0data to do so and stop\u00a0erroneously<\/strong>\u00a0using invalid global\u00a0average temperature anomaly<\/strong>\u00a0data to falsely support its flawed \u201cthe\u00a0hottest month on record<\/strong>\u201d claims. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Watts Up With That? Essay by Larry Hamlin In the most recent L A Times article hyping \u201cthe hottest October on record\u201d the Times can\u2019t seem to get it right in understanding the critical differences between \u201caverage temperature anomaly\u201d and \u201cmaximum absolute temperature\u201d data. The Times article references the global\u00a0average temperature anomaly\u00a0graphic noted below which shows the October 2023 global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":287863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"In the most recent L A Times\u00a0article\u00a0hyping \u201cthe hottest October on record\u201d the Times can\u2019t seem to get it right in understanding the critical differences between\u00a0\u201caverage temperature anomaly\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cmaximum absolute temperature\u201d\u00a0data.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691824586,691824588,691819218,691824587,691818397],"class_list":{"0":"post-287853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-average-temperature-anomaly","9":"tag-hottest-october","10":"tag-l-a-times","11":"tag-maximum-absolute-temperature","12":"tag-noaa","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-391.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1cSN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":291766,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291766","url_meta":{"origin":287853,"position":0},"title":"NASA GISS Data Shows 2023 EL Nino Driving Global Temperature Anomaly Increases; NOAA Data Shows U.S. Nov. 2023 Temperature Anomaly Declining","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"18\/12\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The NASA GISS global average temperature anomaly for November 2023 was released (provided below) which shows an El Ni\u00f1o driven value of 1.44 degrees C (2.592 degrees F) with the November outcome hyped in an\u00a0L A Times article\u00a0as being \u201ca new monthly record for heat\u201d and the \u201chottest November\u201d.","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate Alarmists\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate Alarmists","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-alarmists"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-29T140641.234.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-29T140641.234.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-29T140641.234.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/OIG-2023-07-29T140641.234.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":283619,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283619","url_meta":{"origin":287853,"position":1},"title":"Major Climate Alarmist Fail: \u201cThe Hottest Summer Ever\u201d that Never Was","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"17\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The \u201chottest summer ever\u201d is a failure by climate alarmist and the climate boogeyman media. 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