About that Global Warming - all minus 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit of it
From the
Associated Press:
Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8
Feeling chilly? Here's cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for "soul-crushing" cold.
Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; that's 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius, which sounds only slightly toastier. Better yet, don't try it. That's so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe.
A new look at NASA satellite data revealed that Earth set a new record for coldest temperature recorded. It happened in August 2010 when it hit -135.8 degrees. Then on July 31 of this year, it came close again: -135.3 degrees.
The old record had been -128.6 degrees, which is -89.2 degrees Celsius.
Ice scientist Ted Scambos at the National Snow and Ice Data Center said the new record is "50 degrees colder than anything that has ever been seen in Alaska or Siberia or certainly North Dakota."
Polar ice coverage is greater than in the last ten years, Antarctica is showing record cold temperatures. Where is the warming? We certainly could use some now.
I remember back during the
great heat wave of July 2012 when 2,253 records for high temperatures were broken. The media were having a field-day.
What the news media did not tell you is that during the same period, 936 records for
low temperature were also broken. Media? Crickets...
Posted by DaveH at December 9, 2013 8:10 PM