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Eric Swanson · **U.S. Record Temperatures, 31 August 2007**

In article , says...

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 03:11:42 +0000 (UTC),
(Eric Swanson) wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 15:00:35 +0000 (UTC),
(Eric Swanson) wrote:

In other words, I personally feel that you're wasting your time.
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I suppose you are correct, science is a waste of time these days. There
are so many idiots like you posting that there's no point in attempting
ANY serious discussion.
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I'm a little surprised that you're so quick to belittle my response
but, I'm getting use to that rather childish attitude from some of you
in this group.
I've contributed to a few groups before but, never, have I experienced
this constant attack of the messenger syndrome that is so rampant
here. Get a life you guys, everything's going to be okay.

Welcome to 21st century politicized science.
That's because most of the posters of late are anti-science idiots that
have nothing to offer but regurgitated propaganda and disinformation.
When backed into a corner, all they have left is ad hominem.

For example, there were quite a few records
set that day, yet, you pick just one
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I just picked the last one on your list. I would be very surprised if
any of the others on the list would have resulted in much different
results.
But, okay, let's move one up on your list - Indio Ca.
It went up to 116 on the 31st. after a previous high of 113. That
sounds impressive but, is it?
Of the 31 days in August there was only one day where the record high
was lower than 113 and that occurred on the 15th at 112.
The record for the 30th and 29th were both 116 set in 1967 and 1998.
The 28th say 119 in 1981 and 121 for the 11th.

.and ignore the fact that the date
was the last day of the month,
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You're the one that gave us the data regarding the last day of the
month. I just took it from there.

The weather data and records form a continuum. Calendar months do
not represent a realistic division of the time series as the weather
knows nothing about our human division of years into months. Looking
at monthly data by plot the records gives a false impression of the
continuous curves. Indeed, the comparison should continue past 31
August.

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Eric Swanson --- E-mail address: e_swanson(at)skybest.com :-)
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