5 ms·

So what was the previous record and when?

nerdponx 3y ago
Winter record? Or all-time record? Because right now they are breaking all-time records in mid-winter. I'm not sure if the exact numbers really matter right now.
- hattmall 3y ago
  Not surprisingly as we increase the number of records we keep, we increase the number we break. Most of this monitoring is only going on for about 20 years.
  - defrost 3y ago
    Anywhere European nations had a port you'll find weather records going back to establishment. South America was colonised more than 20 years past.
    - hattmall 3y ago
      RTFA, the monitoring stations that are recording these temperatures are in remote areas where they and were placed less than 20 years ago.
  - Spivak 3y ago
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/july-2023-is-hottest-month-ever-recorded-on-earth/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/july-2023-is-hott... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves We have been recording weather for a lot longer than 2003.
    - hattmall 3y ago
      RTFA, the monitoring stations that are recording these temperatures are in remote areas where they and were placed less than 20 years ago.
  - thefurdrake 3y ago
    > Most of this monitoring is only going on for about 20 years. Ah yes, 2003, the year the thermometer was invented.
    - hattmall 3y ago
      RTFA, the monitoring stations that are recording these temperatures are in remote areas where they and were placed less than 20 years ago.
  - Timon3 3y ago
    I'll ignore your 20-years-point, the other commenters have that covered. But: > Not surprisingly as we increase the number of records we keep, we increase the number we break. No, it's the other way around. The more records we keep, the fewer maxima we should get.
    - hattmall 3y ago
      The longer we keep records the fewer maxima, but as we add more individual records we will break more. These weather stations are in remote regions where recording began 20 years ago.
II2II 3y ago
Having grown up on the eastern face of the Rockies, where temperatures could go from -15 C (a bit colder than normal) to 15 C (well above normal) in a matter of hours, I would also like some context. Perhaps the best approach would involve an examination of trends, rather than chasing after events with shock value. The problem is, it's hard to grab people's attention like that. Some people seem to respond better to concrete, rather than abstract, events. Then there is the media's attention arms race, which distorts our world view by placing the extreme above the mundane.

Winter record? Or all-time record? Because right now they are breaking all-time records in mid-winter. I'm not sure if the exact numbers really matter right now.

hattmall 3y ago
Not surprisingly as we increase the number of records we keep, we increase the number we break. Most of this monitoring is only going on for about 20 years.
- defrost 3y ago
  Anywhere European nations had a port you'll find weather records going back to establishment. South America was colonised more than 20 years past.
  - hattmall 3y ago
    RTFA, the monitoring stations that are recording these temperatures are in remote areas where they and were placed less than 20 years ago.
- Spivak 3y ago
  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/july-2023-is-hottest-month-ever-recorded-on-earth/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/july-2023-is-hott... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves We have been recording weather for a lot longer than 2003.
  - hattmall 3y ago
    RTFA, the monitoring stations that are recording these temperatures are in remote areas where they and were placed less than 20 years ago.
- thefurdrake 3y ago
  > Most of this monitoring is only going on for about 20 years. Ah yes, 2003, the year the thermometer was invented.
  - hattmall 3y ago
    RTFA, the monitoring stations that are recording these temperatures are in remote areas where they and were placed less than 20 years ago.
- Timon3 3y ago
  I'll ignore your 20-years-point, the other commenters have that covered. But: > Not surprisingly as we increase the number of records we keep, we increase the number we break. No, it's the other way around. The more records we keep, the fewer maxima we should get.
  - hattmall 3y ago
    The longer we keep records the fewer maxima, but as we add more individual records we will break more. These weather stations are in remote regions where recording began 20 years ago.

II2II 3y ago

Having grown up on the eastern face of the Rockies, where temperatures could go from -15 C (a bit colder than normal) to 15 C (well above normal) in a matter of hours, I would also like some context. Perhaps the best approach would involve an examination of trends, rather than chasing after events with shock value. The problem is, it's hard to grab people's attention like that. Some people seem to respond better to concrete, rather than abstract, events. Then there is the media's attention arms race, which distorts our world view by placing the extreme above the mundane.