L A Times Editorial Claim that “The planet is experiencing a horrifying streak of record-breaking heat” is Unsupported by NOAA’s Climate Data
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Guest Essay by Larry Hamlin
The L A Times published an Editorial claiming that the “The planet is experiencing a horrifying streak of record breaking heat” and mandates that a “climate emergency” must be declared but then fails to present any data graph or tables in its editorial.
The opening L A Times editorial paragraph claims that for California “the last few months have been more than 2 degrees hotter than average”. This claim is erroneous as demonstrated in the discussion below.
NOAA’s data for the maximum temperatures experienced in California for the month of February 2024 as well as all February months for years from 1895 to 2023 are shown below.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/04/25/l-a-times-editorial-claim-that-the-planet-is-experiencing-a-horrifying-streak-of-record-breaking-heat-is-unsupported-by-noaas-climate-data/