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posted by cmn32480 on Monday February 20 2017, @03:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the spring-has-sprung dept.

The Washington Post reports that the "lower 48" states of the USA are enjoying spring-like weather. It quotes a meteorologist as saying 1495 record high temperatures have been reached during the month of February (as against 10 record lows); among them:

  • Magnum, Okla., hit 99 degrees [Fahrenheit, 37.2° Celsius] on Feb. 11 — tying the state record for hottest winter temperature ever recorded. Yet it occurred two weeks earlier than the record it matched from Feb. 24, 1918, set in the town of Arapaho.
  • Denver hit 80 degrees [Fahrenheit, 26.7° Celsius] Feb. 10 — its warmest February temperature on record dating back to 1872.
  • Norfolk hit 82 degrees [Fahrenheit, 27.8° Celsius] Feb. 12, tying its warmest February temperature on record dating back to 1874.

[Ed Note: it is actually Mangum, OK, not Magnum. The original WaPo article is incorrect.]

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Monday February 20 2017, @07:19PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday February 20 2017, @07:19PM (#469389) Journal

    Mid atlantic temperatures have been measured for atleast 300 years.
     
    Well then, clearly 350 years is required for confidence, then. And if you provide 350, then clearly only 400 will do!

    Recycled god-of-the-gaps argument...

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday February 20 2017, @10:23PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday February 20 2017, @10:23PM (#469468) Journal

    Well then, clearly 350 years is required for confidence, then. And if you provide 350, then clearly only 400 will do!

    Recycled god-of-the-gaps argument...

    More of a "No true Mid-Atlantic Temperature Data" fallacy, I think.