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It seems that not a week goes by that someone does not post a story about this or that high temperature record.
"Northern India heat wave tops 50 degrees centigrate (122 degrees f)" ect.
But if we actually consider what the possible contribution of the global recorded temperature increase to those
records, we would see that it does not even show up.
Globally the average temperatures (Hadcrut4) have increased by .9 C since the pre 1900 average.
But that is not the entire story!
The observed warming was in average temperatures, and the majority of the increase was in the minimum temperatures.
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then only .225 C of the warming would be applied to the maximum temperatures.
So if we say that some region has a heat wave that has highs 8 C above the average for that period,
then 7.775 C of that heat wave is natural, and only .225C would be from recorded increases in the global record.
Wow almost 3%!
"Northern India heat wave tops 50 degrees centigrate (122 degrees f)" ect.
But if we actually consider what the possible contribution of the global recorded temperature increase to those
records, we would see that it does not even show up.
Globally the average temperatures (Hadcrut4) have increased by .9 C since the pre 1900 average.
But that is not the entire story!
The observed warming was in average temperatures, and the majority of the increase was in the minimum temperatures.
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The minimum temperatures increased at a rate 3 times faster than the maximum temperatures.Here, we review the observed diurnal asymmetry in the global warming trend:
the night‐time temperatures have increased more rapidly than day‐time temperatures.
If the ratio is the same, as the 1950 to 2000 average, then of the .9 C of observed warming,1951–2000; Globe −0.14 0.07 0.21
then only .225 C of the warming would be applied to the maximum temperatures.
So if we say that some region has a heat wave that has highs 8 C above the average for that period,
then 7.775 C of that heat wave is natural, and only .225C would be from recorded increases in the global record.
Wow almost 3%!