“If this is how it is NOW with “AGW” then what would life be like if global temperatures were to go back to those of the Little Ice Age?” asks reader H.B. Schmidt.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1014 AM CST WED FEB 26 2014
…NUMBER OF SUBZERO DAYS THIS WINTER EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS…
FOR THOSE WHO PAY THE HEATING BILL THIS WINTER… THIS IS A RECORD YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE. SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WERE AGAIN REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING … AND PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
MORNINGS.
IT APPEARS THAT GREEN BAY WILL SET THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR SUBZERO DAYS IN A WINTER ON FRIDAY MORNING.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF SUBZERO DAYS THIS WINTER AND HOW IT COMPARES TO PREVIOUS WINTERS. THERE IS NO APPARENT CHANGE IN THE OFFING ON TO A WARMER WEATHER PATTERN … THUS THE NUMBER OF SUBZERO DAYS AT MANY LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH.
(**DENOTES DATA THROUGH FEBRUARY 25TH, 2014.)
AT GREEN BAY…
NUMBER OF DAYS
RANK OF SUBZERO TEMPS WINTER
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1 48 1976-77
2 47 2013-14 **
3T 45 1962-63
3T 45 1958-59
AT WAUSAU…
NUMBER OF DAYS
RANK OF SUBZERO TEMPS WINTER
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1 55 1916-17
2 53 1958-59
3T 51 1976-77
3T 51 1903-04
5T 50 2013-14 **
5T 50 1919-20
AT RHINELANDER…
NUMBER OF DAYS
RANK OF SUBZERO TEMPS WINTER
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1 74 1985-86
2 65 1916-17
3 62 1927-28
4T 60 1977-78
4T 60 1976-77
4T 60 1919-20
7T 58 1995-96
7T 58 1928-29
7T 58 1922-23
7T 58 1917-18
11 57 2013-14 **
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=WI&prodtype=public
Thanks to H.B. Schmidt for this link
“Everyone who is whining about how cold and snowy it is, how sick of winter they are, guess what?” asks H.B. “If this is how it is NOW with “AGW” then what would life be like if global temperatures were to go back to those of the Little Ice Age? Can you imagine the brouhaha then?”