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Roanoke Times Exposes NOAA’s ‘New Normals’ Temperature Misdirection
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H. Sterling Burnett -
June 14, 2021 0
 

A National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), issued a release, titled “NOAA Delivers New U.S. Climate Normals.” That document and NOAA’s “U.S. Climate Normals,” the report NCEI is touting, misleadingly claim temperatures have risen dramatically over the past decade when compared to 30 year averages. The data in the documents lacks context. NOAA ignores the impact the urban heat island effect has played in producing higher nighttime low average temperatures in growing urban areas. Higher nighttime lows in urban areas, as opposed to higher daytime highs, are almost entirely responsible for the increase in temperatures recorded by NOAA.

As a Google News search for the “New Climate Normals” shows, NOAA’s document is having its intended effect. Citing NOAA’s report, dozens of local media outlets nationwide are stoking alarm that supposed human caused climate change is producing dangerously rising temperatures. At least one media outlet, the Roanoke Times, looked at the numbers and exposed NOAA’s misleading claims about rising temperatures being due to human caused climate change.

Kevin Myatt, the author of the Roanoke Times story, titled “Weather Journal: New 30-year climate normals trend warmer, wetter for Roanoke,” begins by sagely observing:

https://climaterealism.com/2021/06/roanoke-times-exposes-noaas-new-normals-temperature-misdirection/