{"id":325744,"date":"2024-05-03T10:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325744"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:04:56","slug":"2024-to-be-the-hottest-ever-hold-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325744","title":{"rendered":"2024 To Be the Hottest Ever? Hold\u00a0On!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Science Matters <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For sure you\u2019ve seen the headlines declaring 2024 likely to be the Hottest year ever.  If you\u2019re like me, your response is: That\u2019s not the way it\u2019s going down where I live.  Fortunately there is a website that allows anyone to check their personal experience with the weather station data nearby.  weatherspark.com provides data summaries for you to judge what\u2019s going on in weather history where you live.  In my case a modern weather station is a few miles away  April 2024 Weather History at Montr\u00e9al\u2013Mirabel International Airport.<\/strong><\/a>  The story about April 2024 is evident below in charts and graphs from this site.  There\u2019s a map that allows you to find your locale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, consider above the norms for April<\/strong> from the period 1980 to 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, there\u2019s\u00a0April 2024 compared<\/strong>\u00a0to the normal observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The graph shows April had some warm days, some cool days and overall was pretty normal.\u00a0 But since climate is more than temperature, consider cloudiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woah!\u00a0 Most of the month was cloudy, which in spring means blocking the warming sun from hitting the surface.\u00a0 \u00a0And with all those clouds, let\u2019s look at\u00a0precipitation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, a major snowstorm April 3-4, 12 days when it rained, including heavy rain, and a couple of thunderstorms.  Given what we know about the hydrology cycles, that means a lot of heat removed upward from the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the implications for\u00a0April temperatures in my locale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There you have it before your eyes. Mostly Cool, Cold and
Very Cold, with freezing on numerous mornings.
Only five days with a few hours of comfortable temperatures.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claims of hottest this or that month or year are based on averages of averages of temperatures, which in principle is an intrinsic quality and distinctive to a locale.  The claim involves selecting some places and time periods where warming appears, while ignoring other places where it has been cooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember:  They want you to panic.  Before doing so, check out what the data says in your neck of the woods.  For example, NOAA declared that March 2024 was \u201cEarth\u2019s Warmest March on Record.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Remember: They want you to panic. Before doing so, check out what the data says in your neck of the woods. For example, NOAA declared that March 2024 was \u201cEarth\u2019s Warmest March on Record.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":325758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"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":[],"class_list":["post-325744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1mJW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":435778,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=435778","url_meta":{"origin":325744,"position":0},"title":"March 2026 the Hottest Ever? 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