Saturday, February 17, 2024

Thursday, February 8, 2024

The September 1925 heat wave, fact checking the old weather map

Tony Heller posts an old weather map showing the worst heatwave, from 1925


I go to GISS maps and check for myself

I also checked the actual data, the GHCN records, and yes, a very very hot heatwave happened

The hottest September on record









 

Why this blog?

A foray into the UHI, forests and such, using Illinois and the PRISM dataset

 Chicago vs White Hall Tmin annual averages