The Evolution of the Global Temperature Record ( Skullduggery with Darwin, Australia records)

National Review ^ | Tuesday, December 08, 2009 | Edward John Craig

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Willis Eschenbach at Watts Up With That discovers homogenization shenanigans in the Global Historical Climate Network temperature record for Darwin, Australia, excerpted below:

Intrigued by the curious shape of the average of the homogenized Darwin records, I then went to see how they had homogenized each of the individual station records. What made up that strange average shown in Fig. 7? I started at zero with the earliest record. Here is Station Zero at Darwin, showing the raw and the homogenized versions.

What on earth justifies that adjustment? How can they do that? We have five different records covering Darwin from 1941 on. They all agree almost exactly. Why adjust them at all? They’ve just added a huge artificial totally imaginary trend to the last half of the raw data! Now it looks like the IPCC diagram in Figure 1, all right . . . but a six degree per century trend? And in the shape of a regular stepped pyramid climbing to heaven? What’s up with that?

Those, dear friends, are the clumsy fingerprints of someone messing with the data Egyptian style . . . they are indisputable evidence that the “homogenized” data has been changed to fit someone’s preconceptions about whether the earth is warming.

One thing is clear from this. People who say that “Climategate was only about scientists behaving badly, but the data is OK” are wrong. At least one part of the data is bad, too. The Smoking Gun for that statement is at Darwin Zero. . . .

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Every bit of Data on the Globe needs to be reexamined....

[NormsRevenge]

Rush discussing the Guardian and Danish Text leaked.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Related thread:

The Smoking Gun At Darwin Zero

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Global Commie takeover may get derailed....it's looking good that they have a problem.

Got a thread on that Copenhagen Leak:

Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after 'Danish text' leak

[colorado tanker]

Every bit of Data on the Globe needs to be reexamined....

But IIRC, the East Anglia data don't even exist anymore, they've been working off a massaged database for years.

[Marine_Uncle]

"Every bit of Data on the Globe needs to be reexamined...."
Really that is the only thing that would side with honesty at this point.

[xcamel]

Sorry.. posted earlier, and pinged.

[JasonC]

B-U-tiful...

[JasonC]

*After* everyone involved is fired. I wouldn't trust these people to revisit whether water is wet...

[Publius6961]

They’ve just added a huge artificial totally imaginary trend to the last half of the raw data!

That's only half the problem!

Look carefully, and note that someone has subtracted a similar amount to temperatures prior to around 1940.

How heavy-handed can these criminals get?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

You referring to the black line? Because it was straight I kind of assumed they had no records...course it should be at 0 degrees then...

HMMM>>>Must use the right vertical but then there is the little drop down from 1920 to 1930....

Does look suspicious...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Any independent records for Darwin historical temps ....?

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_014015.shtml

this site appears to be comprehensive...

[Marine_Uncle]

They would probably try to convince you water is made out of dry saw dust.

[Marine_Uncle]

It is a shame Darwin is misspelled at the top of the graph. As one progresses through the lead up graphs at the site all looked good. This is the one some may want to share with others, and it does not look good seeing Dawin.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Trying this:

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Monthly mean maximum temperature
DARWIN AIRPORT

Data file (csv)  | Print file (pdf) About this page  | About mean maximum temperature

Site name: DARWIN AIRPORT		Site number: 14015	Commenced: 1941	Map
Latitude:  12.42° S	Longitude:  130.89° E	Elevation:  30 m	Operational status: Open

 Key: Units are degrees Celsius.   12.3  = Not quality controlled.

Highlight data in table:  Period for calculating statistics:All years  1961-1990

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Plot
1941		31.5	31.3	32.1	30.9	28.9	29.1	29.2	30.8	31.1	31.7	32.4
1942	31.2	30.3	34.1	34.0	32.9	32.0	32.0	32.4	33.4	33.9	33.4	31.9	32.6
1943	32.9	30.6	31.2	31.6	30.6	29.0	29.6	30.5	30.6	32.3	32.2	31.4	31.0
1944	31.4	31.4	30.3	31.7	30.8	29.5	28.8	31.1	32.2	33.3	32.9	31.7	31.3
1945	32.3	32.5	31.2	33.2	31.8	30.8	29.8	31.7	32.8	32.0	32.0	31.2	31.8
1946	30.3	29.5				30.1	30.0	30.6	31.5	32.9	32.8	32.8
1947	32.7	31.3	31.2	32.1	31.7	31.0	31.0	31.2	31.8	32.4	33.1	33.0	31.9
1948	32.9	32.0	32.1	30.3	31.9	29.7	31.0	31.3	31.5	33.2	33.0	31.8	31.7
1949	32.2	30.3	31.2	31.8	31.1	28.7	29.6	30.9	31.5	32.3	32.7	31.7	31.2
1950	31.2	31.1	31.6	32.6	31.7	29.9	29.6	31.5	31.8	31.8	32.2	30.9	31.3
1951	31.1	30.7	32.4	33.3	32.2	30.6	30.0	30.8	32.8	33.0	33.2	33.0	31.9
1952	32.3	32.5	32.7	32.9	32.5	30.6	30.4	30.3	32.4	33.0	33.3	33.0	32.2
1953	31.2	30.9	32.4	31.6	30.8	30.3	30.1	29.3	32.3	33.3	33.3	32.9	31.5
1954	31.7	32.0	32.5	31.6	32.0	30.0	30.1	31.6	32.9	31.7	32.5	30.9	31.6
1955	31.4	30.7	31.3	32.2	31.9	31.3	30.9	32.4	33.0	33.0	31.8	32.8	31.9
1956	31.6	29.8	31.4	31.8	31.1	30.3	30.5	31.6	31.9	32.6	32.8	31.5	31.4
1957	30.8	30.6	30.9	32.4	31.7	31.1	30.5	30.1	32.0	32.9	33.6	31.9	31.5
1958	32.2	32.3	32.3	33.1	33.1	31.6	30.7	32.8	32.9	33.5	33.7	33.1	32.6
1959	31.4	32.7	33.0	31.7	30.9	30.5	29.5	31.0	31.9	33.3	33.6	33.1	31.9
1960	31.5	31.1	31.5	32.3	30.0	29.7	30.2	30.4	32.0	33.4	33.5	32.5	31.5
1961	31.6	31.3	32.6	32.8	32.0	30.0	29.7	29.9	32.2	33.3	32.5	33.7	31.8
1962	30.7	30.9	32.7	32.6	32.3	31.8	30.6	31.5	32.7	33.2	33.6	33.0	32.1
1963	30.9	30.6	32.0	31.7	31.3	29.5	29.5	30.2	31.7	33.0	33.7	32.9	31.4
1964	31.9	33.1	31.4	32.4	32.1	30.2	31.2	31.3	33.0	33.5	31.8	32.2	32.0
1965	32.2	32.3	30.0	32.8	32.8	30.6	29.1	30.4	32.4	33.0	33.6	31.8	31.8
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Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1966	31.7	31.5	32.6	33.4	31.6	31.4	30.7	31.4	32.4	32.7	33.0	32.6	32.1
1967	31.4	29.9	31.2	33.0	32.0	29.5	29.9	31.1	32.4	33.6	34.2	34.0	31.9
1968	31.1	29.8	32.0	32.8	30.2	30.5	29.7	31.1	32.5	33.4	33.7	33.6	31.7
1969	32.4	30.6	32.2	33.9	33.3	31.2	31.7	32.1	32.5	31.9	34.3	33.2	32.4
1970	33.4	32.4	33.2	33.2	32.7	32.0	30.7	31.3	32.9	33.4	33.7	32.5	32.6
1971	32.4	31.4	30.9	31.8	31.3	29.2	30.3	31.4	33.6	33.6	32.9	31.9	31.7
1972	32.6	32.1	31.8	33.1	31.5	30.6	30.6	31.3	32.9	33.5	33.7	33.4	32.3
1973	32.3	32.4	31.7	33.1	33.1	31.6	31.3	32.8	33.3	34.4	32.7	32.4	32.6
1974	30.1	30.8	30.4	32.6	31.7	29.6	30.9	31.2	32.8	32.7	32.7	31.1	31.4
1975	32.7	31.6	31.7	33.0	32.9	30.6	32.2	32.1	33.5	33.2	32.6	32.1	32.4
1976	31.1	30.7	30.9	33.7	32.5	31.1	30.7	31.1	32.8	33.4	34.4	33.7	32.2
1977	31.8	31.7	29.7	32.3	30.9	29.4	29.6	31.4	32.0	33.1	33.5	32.9	31.5
1978	31.6	31.3	33.0	33.4	33.1	30.8	30.6	32.1	32.5	32.9	32.7	33.0	32.2
1979	31.7	32.3	32.5	33.6	32.2	31.4	30.9	31.4	33.0	33.7	34.3	33.7	32.6
1980	31.6	30.7	32.3	32.8	32.7	31.8	30.9	31.8	33.1	32.9	33.3	32.7	32.2
1981	30.8	30.6	31.9	32.9	31.8	30.9	31.7	31.7	33.0	32.8	32.8	32.8	32.0
1982	31.5	31.0	31.6	33.9	32.2	30.2	29.8	30.7	31.1	32.9	32.7	33.1	31.7
1983	32.7	32.6	31.6	32.0	31.4	30.8	29.5	31.4	32.6	33.3	32.9	33.0	32.0
1984	31.1	30.2	31.2	32.7	32.7	30.5	29.4	30.9	31.9	33.5	33.0	32.2	31.6
1985	32.7	31.6	32.2	33.1	32.5	29.2	29.3	31.3	32.8	32.8	33.5	33.7	32.1
1986	31.6	32.2	32.3	32.5	32.5	31.1	30.3	30.4	32.4	32.7	33.2	33.8	32.1
1987	31.4	30.2	33.0	33.1	32.5	31.4	30.5	31.2	32.1	33.8	33.5	32.0	32.1
1988	32.7	32.2	32.7	32.9	32.8	31.0	31.6	32.9	32.7	33.5	33.0	30.8	32.4
1989	32.0	32.6	30.7	32.0	32.2	30.0	30.8	30.8	32.7	33.5	33.9	33.2	32.0
1990	32.0	32.7	32.3	32.7	31.6	29.9	31.1	30.8	33.3	33.8	33.6	32.5	32.2
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Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1991	31.0	30.1	32.2	32.6	32.2	31.2	30.4	31.3	31.7	33.4	32.5	33.5	31.8
1992	32.5	31.8	33.2	31.9	32.8	30.9	31.2	31.6	32.7	33.4	33.0	32.8	32.3
1993	31.6	30.6	32.4	34.0	32.6	31.7	30.7	31.6	32.5	33.5	33.8	32.2	32.3
1994	32.5	31.3	32.4	32.8	32.4	30.6	30.3	31.6	31.8	33.0	33.9	32.7	32.1
1995	31.2	31.6	30.9	32.0	31.6	30.4	30.8	32.2	32.7	32.8	33.4	32.4	31.8
1996	32.3	32.4	32.3	32.4	32.5	32.1	31.0	31.6	33.1	33.6	33.7	31.9	32.4
1997	30.9	31.0	31.9	33.6	31.5	30.7	30.7	31.3	33.0	33.2	33.2	32.7	32.0
1998	31.6	32.6	32.5	33.9	33.4	32.4	32.4	32.6	33.6	34.2	33.6	31.6	32.9
1999	31.3	30.3	31.5	32.0	31.4	31.3	30.6	31.7	33.1	33.0	32.8	32.8	31.8
2000	31.4	30.9	31.0	31.5	31.3	29.2	30.5	31.8	33.3	32.9	33.9	31.4	31.6
2001	31.8	31.3	31.6	32.6	31.5	31.7	30.6	31.2	33.1	33.8	33.9	32.5	32.1
2002	33.1	31.0	33.3	33.5	33.0	31.2	30.8	31.7	31.8	34.2	34.1	34.4	32.7
2003	32.1	31.1	31.9	34.0	33.0	32.0	31.7	31.6	33.0	34.1	33.8	32.7	32.6
2004	31.8	30.9	31.9	34.0	31.9	29.7	30.3	30.7	32.9	33.8	34.3	33.5	32.1
2005	32.4	32.8	32.7	33.5	32.6	31.5	31.9	32.0	32.9	34.2	33.9	33.2	32.8
2006	31.0	32.7	30.9	31.1	30.8	29.9	29.6	31.4	32.8	33.6	33.9	33.9	31.8
2007	32.4	32.1	30.9	33.1	33.4	29.9	29.9	31.3	33.1	33.9	33.6	33.3	32.2
2008	32.2	30.8	32.2	33.3	32.5	31.4	31.2	32.6	33.3	34.4	34.2	32.2	32.5
2009	32.1	30.9	33.2	33.6	32.6	31.5	31.3	32.0	33.5	34.8

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Summary statistics for all years

Summary statistics for period 1961-1990

Information about climate statistics

Statistic	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Mean	31.8	31.4	31.9	32.7	32.0	30.6	30.5	31.3	32.5	33.2	33.3	32.6	32.0
Lowest	30.1	29.5	29.7	30.3	30.0	28.7	28.8	29.2	30.6	31.1	31.7	30.8	31.0
5th %ile	30.8	30.0	30.5	31.6	30.8	29.2	29.3	30.1	31.5	31.9	32.1	31.1	31.3
10th %ile	31.0	30.3	30.9	31.7	30.9	29.5	29.5	30.4	31.7	32.4	32.5	31.5	31.5
Median	31.7	31.3	31.9	32.8	32.0	30.6	30.6	31.3	32.7	33.3	33.3	32.7	32.0
90th %ile	32.7	32.6	33.0	33.8	33.0	31.7	31.6	32.2	33.3	33.9	34.0	33.7	32.6
95th %ile	32.8	32.7	33.2	34.0	33.1	32.0	31.8	32.6	33.5	34.2	34.3	33.8	32.6
Highest	33.4	33.1	34.1	34.0	33.4	32.4	32.4	32.9	33.6	34.8	34.4	34.4	32.9

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[Fred Nerks]

http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=014015&p_prim_element_index=0&p_display_type=statGraph&period_of_avg=ALL&normals_years=allYearOfData&staticPage=

since 1941

Statistics Jan31.8 Feb31.4 Mar31.9 Apr32.7 May32 Jun30.6 Jul30.5 Aug31.3 Sep32.5 Oct33.2. Nov33.3 Dec33.6 Annual 32 Years 69

1971 - 2000

http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=014015&p_prim_element_index=0&p_comp_element_index=0&redraw=null&p_display_type=statistics_summary&normals_years=1971-2000&tablesizebutt=normal

Jan31.8 Feb31.5 Mar31.8 Apr32.8 May32.2 Jun30.7 Jul30.7 Aug31.5 Sep32.7 Oct33.3Nov 33.3 Dec32.6 Ave32.1 years 30

http://www.darwin-drw.airports-guides.com/

The main airport in the Northern Territory region of Australia, Darwin Airport (DRW) is approximately 13 km / 8 miles to the north-east of Darwin city centre and off the busy McMillans Road, covering some 750 acres / 300 hectares. Airlines here are both domestic and international, with the highest number of flights being offered by Qantas and the city’s very own Airnorth, a regional airline service linking many remote towns and villages.

With two runways, one of which is more than double the length of the other, the airfield at Darwin Airport shares with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and various helicopters. The airport itself features just one terminal and has recently installed a new automated parking system, with a competitive sliding-scale tariff. Also opened a short time ago is the Bagot Road intersection, which is expected to ease the load of more than 500,000 vehicles travelling to and from Darwin Airport each year.