Greenland sees record-breaking heatHigh of 25.9 C in Maniitsoq stands as highest temperature recorded in Greenland since 1958
If you wanted hot weather this week, you should have been in Greenland. On July 30 at 4 p.m. the Danish Meterological Institute weather station in Maniitsoq, about 750 kilometres from Iqaluit on the western coast of Greenland, recorded a temperature of 25.9 C. Thats the highest temperature measured on a weather station in Greenland since weather records began in 1958. The previous record temperature of 25.5 C was from Kangerlussuaq on July 27, 1990. According to Greenlands leading newspaper, *Sermitsiaq*, a low pressure system over Baffin Island combined with the high pressure system over Greenland to produce predominantly a warm, dry southeasterly wind, known as a föhn wind. This is type of dry, warm, downward moving wind that occurs in the leeward side of a mountain range. Maniitsoq was not the only warm spot on the island on July 30: in Sisimiut the temperature reached 21 C and in Kangerlussuaq 20.4 C, the newspaper noted. <http://sermitsiaq.ag/groenland-saetter-vild-varmerekord> *[Note: the DMI later rescinded the claim that the July 30 temperature was a record-breaker, saying that the lower temperature recorded at another station in the community 24 C stands for that day. Thats 1.9 C lower than the record, which is still to be broken]* * http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674greenland_sees_record-breaking_heat/ * * * *Oops. The record was rescinded. Missed it by about 4 degrees. * * * *Did the Washington Post issue a correction?* * * *Review historical high records for Greenland here: ** http://www.dmi.dk/groenland/arkiver/vejrekstremer/** * J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Way cool. The first agricultural settlements just started before the > Younger Dryas in Jordan and Syria. They died out because of the climate > change associated with the Younger Dryas event.. It wasn't until 3 or 4 > thousand years later you start seeing agriculture again. > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Speaking of Greenland, this was fascinating. > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23536567 > > > > Two Greenland stories in one week! That also may be a record. > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/08/01/greenland-soars-to-highest-temperature-ever-recorded/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366836 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
