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>July marked the 46th-consecutive July and the 451st-consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century average. This is the better fact. >This made i
by colechristensen 4y ago
>July marked the 46th-consecutive July and the 451st-consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th-century average.
This is the better fact.
>This made it the sixth-hottest July in the 143-year global climate record.
This provides good context. (Followup question: Given some random distribution, how often should you experience a "6th hottest month" with records starting a particular year?)
>The five warmest Julys on record have all occurred since 2016.
Not exactly sure based on the wording here, but I think an entirely true headline with the opposite impression would be "Earth had it's coolest July since 2016"
- debacle 4y agoThank you for breaking this down. Headline is clearly biased.
- thfuran 4y agoIn what direction?
- lelandfe 4y agoEditors are clearly anti-planet
- Mo3 4y agoMake mars great again
- breckenedge 4y agoDarn Romans. Make Ares Great Again is such a better acronym.
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- peteradio 4y agoIsn't there something weird about comparing a point to an average that includes itself? There have not been 46 Julys in the 21st century so the average 20th century temperatures are including some of those consecutive months of highs.
- layer8 4y agoIt just expresses the fact that temperatures have been rising already over the 20th century. It would make sense to make the comparison even in 1999.