{"id":385593,"date":"2025-06-28T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T11:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=385593"},"modified":"2025-06-28T13:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T11:44:36","slug":"its-hot-weather-but-not-man-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=385593","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Hot Weather, But Not Man-Made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Steve Goreham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week the United States experienced the first major heat wave of 2025. Over 160 million people in the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast experienced temperatures approaching 100o<\/sup>F. Many in the media claim that the soaring temperatures are due to human-caused global warming. But a look at history shows that such high temperatures have been experienced many times in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extreme heat warnings were issued<\/a> in Baltimore, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. The Washington Monument was closed due to the heat. Dozens of daily high temperature records were broken. Heat indexes, which combine temperatures and the effects of humidity, exceeded<\/a> 100 in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many media outlets reported that humans are responsible for the current hot weather. CNN<\/em> reported<\/a> that \u201cheat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change\u201d and that the current heat wave \u201cbears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.\u201d NPR<\/em> concluded<\/a> that \u201chuman-caused climate change has made this heat wave three times more likely\u201d due to emissions from \u201cburning of coal, oil and gas.\u201d Time<\/em> stated<\/a> that heat waves now occur \u201cthree times as often\u201d in the United States as they did in the 1960s. But historical records do not support the media alarm about heat waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tracks state record high temperatures<\/a> and the date when they occur. The data shows that 36 of the 50 state record highs were set more than five decades ago. Twenty-three state record high temperatures occurred in the decade of the 1930s, when annual human CO2 emissions were less than one-eighth of today\u2019s emissions. Despite endless headlines about heat waves, only 6 state high temperature records have occurred since the year 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New York City temperatures rose to 102o<\/sup>F at the peak of the heat wave. But the record high temperature for New York State is 108o<\/sup>F, set in 1926, 99 years ago, in Troy, New York. Memphis temperatures reached 95o<\/sup>F. But the record high temperature for Tennessee is 113o<\/sup>F, set in Perryville in 1930. Richmond, Virginia temperatures reached 99o<\/sup>F, but lower than the state record high temperature of 110o<\/sup>F, set in  Balcony Falls in 1954.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperature metrics from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NOAA, and the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom (Met Office) show that average global surface temperatures have risen about 1.2o<\/sup>C (2o<\/sup>F) in the last 140 years. But is this rise caused by industrial emissions of greenhouse gases?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Central England Temperature Data Set, provided<\/a> by the Met Office Hadley Centre of the UK, is the world\u2019s longest-running temperature metric. It shows that Central England temperatures have risen about 2o<\/sup>C (3.6o<\/sup>F) over the last 360 years, since 1660. Human carbon dioxide annual emissions were negligible until after World War II, but emissions have since increased<\/a> by a factor of almost eight times. Yet the rate of change in the rise of Central England temperatures appears to be unchanged during the age of spiking global CO2 emissions. The evidence shows<\/a> that temperatures are dominated by natural factors and that human emissions play only a small role in global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beware the high temperatures of heat waves this summer, drink plenty of fluids, and stay cool. Understand that temperatures in most locations have been warmer during past decades. Since nature drives Earth\u2019s climate, our only sensible course of action is to adapt to climate change and rising temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Goreham<\/a> is a speaker on energy, the environment, and public policy and author of the bestselling book<\/a> Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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