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Sure: - "Winter" in the headline makes it sound more extreme. It’s information-free, because winter and summer temperatures close to the equator are very simil
by WA 3y ago
Sure:
- "Winter" in the headline makes it sound more extreme. It’s information-free, because winter and summer temperatures close to the equator are very similar.
- Numbers are given in absolutes when convenient to paint a picture and are without meaning without a proper reference.
- References are sketchy: "in winter as hot as Europe in summer". "This would be weird in New South Wales". Ok then.
- Color scheme of maps made to look extreme.
- Map on top and mid don’t match.
- Map on top apparently has "precipitation" selected?! Does the range on the right even show temperatures, especially since this map doesn’t match the second map?
- Cherry-picking most extreme ranges: 10-20°C in some areas. But Buenos Aires is only 5°C hotter. Btw. Germany where I live, is 5-7 degrees cooler than usually in August. Doesn’t matter though.
- irrational 3y ago> winter and summer temperatures close to the equator are very similar. Do you actually know where the equator is on that map?
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- mdp2021 3y ago> close to the equator The peak anomaly was in Vicuña, Chile, at -30°Lat - i.e. Puerto Alegre, Maseru, Perth-Brisbane. Symmetrically, that would be Houston, Cairo, Delhi, Shanghai... The tropic of Capricorn is at -23.4°Lat. The peak anomaly is well below the tropic. And Buenos Aires (where the other biggest anomaly was) is several degrees further south. Update: > But Buenos Aires is only 5°C hotter I think it refers to the previous highest record well over one century ago. It says, > Buenos Aires set a daily record for the start of August with its high of 30.1C - more than 5 degrees above the previous daily record, and 12C warmer than its August average (BTW: Wikipedia does not agree with those records in the "Climate data" table, but anyway.)