Poor pour chilly New York has some people claiming global cooling

Flooding rain in Brooklyn, NY on  June 19.  AP/BEBETO MATTHEWS

There is not a typo in the title ... it poured in New York and it was chilly last month. In fact, rain fell 23 out of 30 days. That was the first time so many wet days have been reported, and records have been kept in New York's Central Park station since 1869.  These records have a lot of value since there are many problem weather sites across the country. I pointed that out in a recent post. Most weather stations in the US do not comply with scientific standards and show false warming, according to surfacestations.org. So when the National Weather Service came out with this chilly report below, it reinforced the sentiment for many of us.  Where is the heat?

• The temperature never reached 90 degrees
• It didn’t even reach 85 degrees
• The average temperature was 67.5 degrees (3.7 below average)

New York City weather records for June:

      COOLEST                     WETTEST
   AVG. TEMP. YEAR         INCHES PRECIP.  YEAR
 1st    64.2     1903             10.27       2003
 2nd    65.2     1881             10.06       2009
 3rd    65.7     1916              9.78       1903
 4th    66.8     1926/1902         9.30       1972
 5th    67.2     1958              8.79       1989
 6th    67.3     1927              8.55       2006
 7th    67.4     1928              7.76       1887
 8th    67.5     2009/1897         7.58       1975
 9th    67.7     1878              7.13       1938
10th    67.8     1924              7.05       1871

Maryland

The month of June, 2009 will go down as a very cool one, bucking the trend for many across the nation. I have already pointed out that Baltimore did not reach 90F for the first time since 1979.  It was only the 6th time that had happened in 140 years of record keeping.  More on our cool and stormy June can be found here.  In addition, it was a month that produced three tornadoes in the metro Baltimore area.

Pennsylvania

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees were rained out six times in June.  They had so much rain between May and June (over 10 inches), that their home stadium field is now too muddy for games.  It has not had a chance to drain or dry out.  The team may be forced to play the rest of their season at another venue while their turf is rebuilt. 

Illinois

On June 12, Chicago's WGN Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling (one of my favorites growing up), had this report:

The cloudy, chilly and rainy open to June here has been the talk of the town. So far this June is running more than 12 degrees cooler than last year, and the clouds, rain and chilly lake winds have been persistent. The average temperature at O'Hare International Airport through Friday has been only 59.5 degrees: nearly 7 degrees below normal and the coldest since records there began 50 years ago.

Minnesota

Just to spread the wealth, the Minnesota Climatology Working Group also noted their abnormally cool start to June. 

Minneapolis/St. Paul: Three days in a row with highs below 60F.  The last time was June 1-3, 1951.  The only other years were 1917, 1935, and 1937.

The maximum temperature of 52 degrees on June 6th set a record as the coldest high temperature for the date, and was the 6th coldest high temperature on record for June, going back to 1872. The coldest June high temperature was in the 40's in the Twin Cities. On June 13, 1947 the high was 49 degrees.

The high temperature in Duluth on June 8th only reached 47 degrees. The last time it was that cold was in 1989. The average high for June 8th in Duluth is 70F.

North Dakota

It has been cool as well in Fargo/Moorhead with four consecutive days of temperatures staying below 60F. One day in particular stands out. On June 6th the high was 53F and the low was 34F, making the day 20 degrees below normal. Snow was even reported in central North Dakota on June 6-7th with a few totals approaching two inches to the west and north of Bismarck.

Arizona

Up until June 24th, central Arizona had its coolest June on record since 1913.  The month did end with their typical 100F heat.

One month does not and should not stake claim to any climate swing.  But this does buck the trend and claims of never ending warming.  There are many groups using this data to support growing evidence that the planet is not warming, but cooling.  If you of the school of thought that any extreme weather justifies climate change and global warming, then I implore you to look at the records.  Heavy rain and cool temperatures are scattered through the decades.  Extreme weather happens on daily, monthly and even a multi-yearly basis.  Climate is the average of all weather, and if you wait long enough, a trend will develop or even change.

I am waiting for the official June report in the next few days from the National Climatic Data Center to do another comparrison  with recent satellite data has confirmed that the planet has been getting cooler for many years. Also, I will share words from one group that is trying to lead the charge against the global warming hype.  I will have more on that soon.