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Yesterday's 85.8 was our warmest reading since the 87.3 last August 27th -could we hit a rare 90 in these parts today? fingers and toes crossed

I agree I have already told folks we are due for a well below normal rain year as the last 3 have been well above normal - these things as all things climate have a way of evening out. Through today here in Western Chester County PA we are 1.93" below this month with only 1.23" of rain and 3.56" below normal YTD with only 15.01" of rain so far in 2021

With the 1st 90+ day today at PHL and of course no 90's at KPTW/ KMQS or East Nantmeal....will for the 7th straight year the combined 90+ days at 3 spots in the western burbs of KMQS & KPTW Airports + East Nantmeal Twp. be less than the runaway heat island problem that continues at PHL airport?? If I was a betting man (I'm not) I would say yes!! Below is the number of KPHL 90+ days vs. those 3 combined since 2014 2014 - PHL 19 days - combined burbs 10 days 2015 - PHL 37 days - combined burbs 13 days 2016 - PHL 46 days - combined burbs 35 days 2017 - PHL 26 days - combined burbs 11 days 2018 - PHL 30 days - combined burbs 26 days 2019 - PHL 31 days - combined burbs 16 days 2020 - PHL 36 days - combined burbs 33 days

https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2021/05/20/facebook-fact-checkers-punish-and-censor-debate-on-climate-science-n2589647 Let's silence scientist who are not lock step with the narrative.....scary times we live in

scary views here.....sad for our country - debate is not encouraged anymore.....

High today 78.2 here in East Nantmeal today after yesterday's 83.4 - 90's likely not coming out this way anytime soon. Easterly flow kept Sea Isle City in the low to mid 60's much of the day with a high temp of 66.2

10 of the last 13 days have been below normal...and of course no rain. Nice stretch of above normal days should help us get back to an above normal month before the end of May

Some analysis below comparing the original Coatesville PA NWS Coop climate averages from 1894 to 1982 (88 years of data) taken at locations between 340ft to 400ft ASL vs. the last 38 years of data 1983 to current taken at over 660 ft ASL. The analysis highlights a small 0.3 degree increase (+0.6%) in annual average temperature with this relative modest change in elevation between the 1st 88 years of data vs. the last 38 years. Biggest variation has been in snowfall with a near 15% increase in annual snow from the old vs new location and precipitation +9.5% at the new location. Of interest the average daily high temperature is lower in 10 of the 12 months (except January and December) at the higher elevation - while the average low temperature has increased in all 12 months

Today marks the 9th below normal day temp wise in the last 10 days....today's splits 73.8/47.2 here in Western Chester County PA

After yesterday's record Chester County PA low high temp of 54.5 today we were even chillier with a well below normal (68.2) high of only 51.7...however only the 2nd coldest May 9th....just last year we set the record chilly day with a high of only 46.5.

settled....of course not

Dr. Ryan Maue going off on the "new normal" of 90+ days and how they skew local climate stats - "I started looking at number of 90°F days in various cities accounting for the new "normal" and it is straight up urban heat island. Not surprising. Cities really need to get off their asses and plant trees and change the urban landscape to provide quicker evening cooling"

Many (not all) folks on that side of the debate - often just break down and curse....they are not interesting in any discussion around what they consider "settled science". It is of course one of the biggest problems today - we don't like to debate or discuss - we would rather just shout someone down and curse at them - whether it be politics or trying to discuss whether or not there is man made climate change.....man made climate change is no matter how often it is said - not settled science or fact today - full stop

LOL! whatever denier means....fact is the climate is - and always will be changing no denying that! Now speculation but not settled science is could man have some impact on the current warming cycle? That is of course far from a fact or settled science.

Sea Breeze kicked in at Sea Isle City the temp was at 78.6 at 1210pm by 1250pm down almost 20 degrees to 59.7

Don, key point you make is true....may have been - facts are all that matter here

And it sounds like you are gullible enough to buy into the "settled science" when it is absolutely not factual and not settled.....

Some interesting quotes,thoughts and facts from both the book and a Wall Street Journal opinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/unsettled-review-theconsensus-on-climate-11619383653 Despite the expected predictable dismissal of the author by some on this forum already - the WSJ states "Mr. Koonin’s science credentials are impeccable—unlike, say, those of one well-known Swedish teenager to whom the media affords great attention on climate matters. He has been a professor of physics at Caltech and served as the top scientist in Barack Obama’s Energy Department. The book is copiously referenced and relies on widely accepted government documents. "Mr. Koonin (The book's author) is no “climate denier,” to use the concocted phrase used to shut down debate. The word “denier” is of course meant to associate skeptics of climate alarmism with Holocaust deniers." "Mr. Koonin is persuasively skeptical. It’s a big problem, he says, when models can’t retroactively “predict” events that have already happened. And he notes that some of the “tuning” done to models so that they work better amounts to “cooking the books.” "But science itself is not conducted by polls, regardless of how often we are urged to heed a “scientific consensus” on climate. As the science-trained novelist Michael Crichton summarized in a famous 2003 lecture at Caltech: “If it’s consensus, it isn’t science. If it’s science, it isn’t consensus. Period.” “Heat waves in the US are now no more common than they were in 1900” and “the warmest temperatures in the US have not risen in the past fifty years" "Humans have had no detectable impact on hurricanes over the past century" Greenland’s ice sheet isn’t shrinking any more rapidly today than it was eighty years ago" "But even if one remains unconvinced by his arguments, the right response is to debate the science. We’ll see if that happens in a world in which politicians assert the science is settled and plan astronomical levels of spending to replace the nation’s massive infrastructures with “green” alternatives. Never have so many spent so much public money on the basis of claims that are so unsettled. The prospects for a reasoned debate are not good. Good luck, Mr. Koonin."

https://www.unsettledsciencebook.com/ Interesting new scientific review in the above book is coming out from another scientist. I have already ordered! This will again attempt to correct the "settled science" voices depicted by some....as I always say it is of course not settled. Thought provoking point made in the upcoming liner notes "He dispels popular myths and unveils little-known truths: despite a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures actually decreased from 1940 to 1970. What’s more, the models we use to predict the future aren’t able to accurately describe the climate of the past, suggesting they are deeply flawed. " While my friends who are card carrying members of the "settled science" team will dismiss the author - this again underscores the point that if scientists continue to have dissenting views... backed up with real data - it is NOT settled science - in fact it is clearly up for debate. Settled science is the world is round...fact...man made climate change?? not fact.

https://www.unsettledsciencebook.com/ Interesting new scientific review in the above book is coming out from another scientist. I have already ordered! This will again attempt to correct the "settled science" voices depicted by some....as I always say it is of course not settled. Thought provoking point made in the upcoming liner notes "He dispels popular myths and unveils little-known truths: despite a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures actually decreased from 1940 to 1970. What’s more, the models we use to predict the future aren’t able to accurately describe the climate of the past, suggesting they are deeply flawed. "