No, News Media, the Summer Weather Data Doesn’t Amount to Climate Catastrophe
By Guest Contributor -October 9, 20230
Guest essay by Dr. ROY SPENCER AND KEVIN DAYARATNA (originally published at Newsweek)
Bad news sells, and numerous media outlets have sensationalized the past summer as being the hottest on record. But the details behind the dramatic headlines are unremarkable, and certainly no reason to panic.
Yes, some parts of the world have experienced unusual warmth in recent years. And the satellite-based dataset that global warming skeptics often point to will likely see 2023 as the warmest year since the record began in 1979. But there is much more to these measures than meets the eye.
“Record warmth” in any given year is usually measured in mere fractions of a degree Fahrenheit. As global data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggest, for example, this summer’s “record” (averaged from June through August) warmth averaged only 0.43 degrees warmer than in 2019 and 2020, the next-warmest years.
https://climaterealism.com/2023/10/no-news-media-the-summer-weather-data-doesnt-amount-to-climate-catastrophe/
