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Urban Legends of Climate Change: Palm Springs, California
November 5th, 2024 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
This is the first of what will likely be a series of posts regarding urban heat island (UHI) effects in daily record high temperatures. My previous UHI work has been using the GHCN monthly average station data of “Tavg” (the average of the daily maximum [Tmax] and minimum [Tmin] temperatures). So, I’m moving from Tavg to Tmax (since record high temperatures are of so much interest), and daily rather than monthly values (although I will also sometimes include monthly results to provide context).
This post is mostly a teaser. Toward the end I will describe a new dimension to our UHI work I’m just starting.
The 2024 Poster Child for U.S. Warming: Palm Springs, CA
I was guided by a Google search on U.S. record high temperatures for 2024, and it seems Palm Springs, California was the place to start.
https://www.drroyspencer.com/2024/11/urban-legends-of-climate-change-palm-springs-california/
