Comments on: Climate Change Insights from Mohonk Weather Station

By: kenzrw

kenzrw — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:14:27 +0000

Sorry I didn't do that earlier. Thanks. I do know that the NWS/NOAA update their average/normals 30-year tempertures every 10 years (i.e, today the average highs and lows, etc, are for the 30-year period 1970-2000, which will be updated in 2011, using the 1980-2010 period). Those normals have been going up every time they've updated, at least since the 1960-1990 normals, at least for Arkansas, where I live).

By: Sheryl Canter

Sheryl Canter — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:30:52 +0000

I think it was a 2.5 degree increase in temperature. Click the link and you can read the article in the NY Times for details.

By: kenzrw

kenzrw — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:28:30 +0000

What trend in temperature did this station record over the 112 years? Was there an upward trend in them, downward trend, no change? Is there a graph of average highs and lows at Mohonk over the years? Or a chart of average dates of first and last freezes or frosts each year? I've read a story talking about similar co-op sites across the country which never moved and I think that all their data ought to be compiled into a single database to determine exactly how much we've been warming (or even cooling, if that's what the data would show). It'd be interesting to look at.