Jet-Fueled Lies, Phoenix Edition: A Record Temp Fueled By Tarmac Heat

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Jet-Fueled Lies, Phoenix Edition: A Record Temp Fueled By Tarmac Heat
Why Sky Harbor’s '118°F record' says more about aviation combustion than about climate.

by Dr. Matthew Wielicki  August 08, 2025, 12:13 PM
 
I entered science to follow evidence… not narratives. Most researchers still do, yet each time a “new record” pops up from a thermometer hemmed in by taxiways and jet engines, the integrity I signed up to protect takes another hit. [some emphasis, links added]


Last month, I caught Tampa’s 100 °F “all-time high” red-handed.

The spike lined up with a Delta jet idling next to the sensor, a textbook case of combustion heat dressed up as climate change.

As I wrote then, we have seen this scam before… manufactured records from poorly located stations ring-fenced by tarmac and exhaust.

Now the playbook lands at Phoenix Sky Harbor. On 7 August 2025, the National Weather Service trumpeted a graphic declaring 118 °F — a new August record.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/jet-fueled-lies-phoenix-heat-record/

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50 years ago, in the US Navy, I worked in meteorology on an aircraft carrier.  Our at sea workstation was on top of the island directly aft of the starboard catapult.  Waaaaaaaay back then we knew not to measure the air temperature as a plane was being launched because the blast deflector directed the exhaust and heat to right where we were.