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Interesting analysis, but "...it was the 4th warmest on record" would be a good addition to the title. In other words, it was still really warm compared to his
by rossdavidh 7y ago
Interesting analysis, but "...it was the 4th warmest on record" would be a good addition to the title. In other words, it was still really warm compared to historical standards. But, interesting article.
- randallsquared 7y agoAlso, it's interesting that 2002, 2016, and 2017 were the warmer Julys than 2019, since 1979.
- ananonymoususer 7y agoIt's even more interesting that many Julys prior to 1979 were warmer still. Our (humanity's) temperature records aren't very good before 1895, but the long-term (many thousands of years) temperature record shows that much higher temperatures existed within the time frame of human existence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holocene_Temperature_Variations.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holocene_Temperature_Vari... http://www.longrangeweather.com/global_temperatures.htm http://www.longrangeweather.com/global_temperatures.htm Going back even further, the record shows that it was MUCH hotter before then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Five_Myr_Climate_Change.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Five_Myr_Climate_Change.p...