What states are warming the fastest?

CBS News ^ | June 4, 2014

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The United States is warming fastest at two of its corners, in the Northeast and the Southwest, an analysis of federal temperature records shows.

Northeastern states - led by Maine and Vermont - have gotten the hottest in the last 30 years in annual temperature, gaining 2.5 degrees on average. But Southwestern states have heated up the most in the hottest months: The average New Mexico summer is 3.4 degrees warmer now than in 1984; in Texas, the dog days are 2.8 degrees hotter.

"In the United States, it isn't warming equally," said Kelly Redmond, climatologist at the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno, Nevada. "Be careful about extrapolating from your own backyard to the globe."

The Southwest warming, especially in the summer, seems to be driven by dryness, because when there is little water the air and ground warm up faster, said Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

"Heat and drought are a vicious cycle that has been hitting the Southwest hard in recent years," Hayhoe said.

[Jim Noble]

What states are warming the fastest?

Imaginaria and Fictitia.

[lepton]

Since 1984, eh? How’s it doing since 2000?

[BigBobber]

Climate scientists suggested 1984 as a starting date because 30 years is a commonly used time period

Uh huh. Just happened to pick 1984 as a starting point.

In what branch of science or statistics or any other field is 30 years a commonly used time period?

Lying is soooo easy for these people.

[YukonGreen]

States that have the majority of their population with one foot in hell already.

[cripplecreek]

The average New Mexico summer is 3.4 degrees warmer now than in 1984; in Texas, the dog days are 2.8 degrees hotter.

30 years is nothing in terms of weather cycles. A few thousand years ago the indians were supporting some fairly large populations in the southwest based on the ability to farm there.

[workerbee]

"In the United States, it isn't warming equally,"

Rich, white states are cooler than poor, black states.

We need Congressional hearings on the inequality of heat redistribution!

[freedomfiter2]

Why start with 1984? Let’s do decade by decade comparisons starting a hundred years ago.

[bobo1]

In honor of Orwell’s classic “1984”, this date was selected to honor Gore-Bull warming “political” scientists.

[justa-hairyape]

The Southwest warming, especially in the summer, seems to be driven by dryness, because when there is little water the air and ground warm up faster, said Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Apparently she is not aware that the drier the air, the higher the temperature, given a constant energetic input.

[VTenigma]

Horse hockey

[Jack Hammer]

Yet more “Global Warming” horse sh*t.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Well played sir!

[kaehurowing]

I assume they are happy in Maine and Vermont.

[Grams A]

And we haven’t had a daytime temp hit 90 yet in the Houston area this year, unless it makes it there today.

[Techster]

It all depends on the location of the sensors and many are not installed according to the prescribed siting criteria.

[RetiredTexasVet]

So well stated, but alas still not simplistic enough for Ivy League professors, global warming scammers and pseudo-scientists, progressives and blue staters.

[wku man]

Bring on the global warming! I want to grow pineapple and banana trees in Idaho, dammit.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[doorgunner69]

Fair warning, I stole that list and posted it on the remarks to a liberal paper. Got a bunch or thumbs up so far.

Would seem other than the true believers, there are a lot of people fed up with the GW bullsqueeze.

[Fedupwithit]

Feel free to throw this list around anywhere!!

Spread the Word DG, Spread the Word!! : )

[jpsb]

The climate industry is making a full court press, they know they are losing public support so they are trying to personalize the issue. See your state is getting warmer. I’ll not comment on the merits, just the motivation for this article.