=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan => Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:20 => To: ProFox Email List => Subject: [OT] Hottest year of the in the last 100 years? 1933. => => >From June 1 to August 31, 1930, 21 days had high => temperatures that were 100 degrees or above" in the => metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, Patrick Michaels, => senior fellow for environmental studies at the libertarian => Cato Institute, told Cybercast News Service. "That summer => has never been approached, and it's not going to be => approached this year." => =>
You cannot use Washington, D.C. as the basis of an exemplar for any climatological analysis. Local geographical and atmospheric conditions are an important part of climate. For example, New York City has several weather observation posts and there is typically a 5 degree F spread between them. Precipitation varies as well, not to mention severe weather conditions. Washington is built on swampland. It has no nearby mountains, all the buildings are capped at 130 feet and the hot air emanating from the Capitol in such vast quantities far outweighs the heat attributable to insolation. Find a reasonable place to compare then and now. Try Upper Slobovia. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
