The irony - it burns
Today, Sunday October 30th, there is scheduled a
Climate Justice Day event at the Occupy Wall Street
favela in New York City
And this is what greeted them (from the National Weather Service climate advisory page):
SXUS71 KOKX 300633 RER
NYC RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
0221 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT CENTRAL PARK NY...
A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 2.9 INCHES WAS SET AT CENTRAL PARK NY
YESTERDAY...OCTOBER 29.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF TRACE SET IN 2002.
...RECORD OCTOBER SNOWFALL AMOUNT SET FOR CENTRAL PARK NY...
CENTRAL PARK RECORDED 2.9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON OCTOBER 29 2011
SINCE SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1869...AN INCH OF SNOWFALL HAS
NEVER BEEN RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
THE LAST TWO TIMES THAT MEASURABLE SNOW FELL IN THE MONTH
OF OCTOBER WAS...OCTOBER 21 1952 WITH 0.5 INCHES AND OCTOBER 30 1925
WITH 0.8 INCHES.
THEREFORE...THIS BREAKS THE DAILY RECORD FOR SNOWFALL IN OCTOBER
AND THE MOST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
Makes you wonder if
Al Gore is in NYC today?
Tip 'o the hat to
Anthony Watts
Posted by DaveH at October 30, 2011 2:56 PM