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What could possibly be causing the massive breaking of hot temperature records in Europe? “It’s a (#climate) mystery.”

July 7th, 2015 · No Comments

Decade to decade, the world is experiencing ever hotter temperatures.

In a ‘normal’ world, humanity’s vast array of weather monitoring and recording devices would be seeing fluctuation between warmer and cooler.

Across the calendar, there are far more hot temperature records being broken than cold temperature records.

In a ‘normal’ world, there should be (a) a rough balance between new high and low temperatures and (b) each year of records should make it less likely that there will be new records (ever harder to be far out on the normal distribution curve to ‘set’ a record).

Europe (and so many other places around the world) is experiencing yet another set of massive breaking of high temperature records.

In a “normal” world, this isn’t something that would be encountered by the same generation … time after time.

All this makes one wonder what is causing this …

As per Shakespeare in Love, “it’s all a mystery.”

After the fold, take a look at what is happening across Europe. Or, how about Canada Burning? What about the western United States? Not to mention the >1,000 dead Pakistanis.

It’s all a mystery.

LEGEND OF UNOFFICIAL RECORDS:

Daily Close
Daily Tied
.
Daily Broken
Monthly
Tied/Broken
All-time
Tied/Broken
HIGH
##.#
##.#
.
##.#
##.#
##.#
LOW
##.#
##.#
.
##.#
##.#
##.#

 

ID City Country
Current
Temp.
(°F)
Unofficial Daily /
Monthly / Alltime
Record (°F)
Margin of
Unofficial Daily
Record (°F)
Year of Unofficial
Daily / Monthly /
Alltime Record
Database
Length
(years)
ID
GMMI Essaouira Morocco
100.4
 84.2   100.4   111.2
+16.2
2014  1982  1985
45
GMMI
LFLY Lyon / Bron France
98.6
 88.3   103.6   104.9
+10.3
1982  1987  2014
42
LFLY
ETIH Hohenfels Germany
93.2
 84.2   102.2   102.2
+9.0
1989  1975  1975
50
ETIH
LFLB Chambery / Aix-Les-Bains France
96.8
 88.3   100.9   102.2
+8.5
2000  2009  1979
41
LFLB
ETEB Ansbach / Katterbach Germany
92.3
 84.2    98.6    98.6
+8.0
1987  1987  1987
55
ETEB
LFLC Clermont-Ferrand France
95.0
 87.8   105.3   105.3
+7.2
1982  2007  2007
42
LFLC
EDNY Friedrichshafen Germany
93.2
 86.0    98.6    98.6
+7.2
1991  2011  1943
43
EDNY
GCRR Lanzarote / Aeropuerto Spain
95.0
 88.2   107.6   111.2
+6.8
1994  1960  1960
50
GCRR
LFMH St-Etienne Boutheon France
95.0
 88.5   104.7   104.7
+6.5
1982  1980  1980
42
LFMH
LFLL Lyon / Satolas France
95.0
 88.5   102.7   103.8
+6.5
2004  1980  1986
40
LFLL
ETIK Illesheim Germany
92.3
 86.0    96.8   102.2
+6.3
1976  1963  1943
61
ETIK
LFLS Grenoble / St. Geoirs France
93.2
 87.1   100.9   103.1
+6.1
2004  2014  2014
42
LFLS
LFST Strasbourg France
96.8
 91.4    97.5   101.3
+5.3
1991  2014  1942
46
LFST
EDJA Memmingen Allgau Germany
87.8
 82.4    98.6    98.6
+5.3
1991  1990  1990
45
EDJA
EDDS Stuttgart-Echterdingen Germany
93.2
 88.3    97.9   106.0
+4.9
1957  1979  1962
51
EDDS
GMTT Tanger Aerodrome Morocco
96.8
 91.9   109.6   110.3
+4.8
2010  2007  1974
51
GMTT
LKLN Plzen Line Czech Republic
93.2
 88.7   102.2   102.2
+4.5
1989  1984  1984
47
LKLN
ETIC Grafenwoehr Germany
91.8
 87.8   102.2   102.2
+4.0
1991  1975  1975
56
ETIC
LKPR Praha / Ruzyne Czech Republic
91.4
 87.6    97.3    99.3
+3.8
1983  1987  2014
58
LKPR
LKTB Brno / Turany Czech Republic
93.2
 89.6    97.5   100.0
+3.6
2014  1977  1976
53
LKTB
EDTL Lahr, CAN-AFB Germany
93.2
 89.6    98.8   100.4
+3.6
1991  1974  2001
41
EDTL
LSMP Payerne Switzerland
89.6
 86.0    95.9    99.0
+3.5
1976  1974  1968
48
LSMP
EDMA Augsburg Germany
91.4
 88.0    98.8    98.8
+3.4
1952  1963  1963
43
EDMA
LIPX Verona / Villafranca Italy
95.0
 91.8   100.8   102.2
+3.2
2014  1973  1978
51
LIPX
LOWK Klagenfurt-Flughafen Austria
91.4
 88.3   100.6   100.6
+3.1
2012  1973  1973
60
LOWK
LSZH Zurich-Kloten Switzerland
93.2
 91.0    98.6   100.4
+2.2
1957  2007  1956
57
LSZH
LIPL Brescia / Ghedi Italy
95.0
 93.0   102.2   102.2
+2.0
2000  1996  2010
46
LIPL
SBMS Mocoro / 17 Rosado Brazil
98.6
 96.8   100.4   104.0
+1.8
2014  1999  1974
37
SBMS
LOXZ Zeltweg Austria
89.6
 87.8    97.9    98.1
+1.8
2001  1977  1985
40
LOXZ
LHBP Budapest / Ferihegy Hungary
95.0
 93.2   104.0   104.0
+1.8
2012  1996  1996
45
LHBP
LFSX Luxeuil France
93.2
 91.4   102.2   102.2
+1.8
1976  2007  2007
43
LFSX
LFSD Dijon France
89.6
 87.8   100.6   102.7
+1.8
1976  1998  2001
42
LFSD
LFLN Saint-Yan France
86.0
 84.4    99.1   104.4
+1.5
2013  2014  2001
42
LFLN
EDQM Hof Germany
86.0
 84.4    92.1    95.4
+1.5
1989  1975  1965
48
EDQM
LSGS Sion Switzerland
91.4
 90.0    99.0    99.0
+1.4
1957  1987  1961
57
LSGS
LSGG Geneve-Cointrin Switzerland
91.4
 90.0   100.0   100.4
+1.4
1957  1974  1978
57
LSGG
LOWI Innsbruck-Flughafen Austria
91.4
 90.0    97.3    98.6
+1.4
1952  1967  1956
60
LOWI
BGTL Thule A. B. Greenland
58.8
 57.4    66.7    68.0
+1.4
1953  1968  1970
63
BGTL
LEBA Cordoba / Aeropuerto Spain
107.6
106.5   115.9   115.9
+1.0
1994  1973  1973
42
LEBA
EPKT Katowice Poland
87.8
 87.4    95.7    99.0
+0.3
2014  1962  1974
54
EPKT
SOCA Cayenne / Rochambeau French Guiana
89.6
 89.6   104.0   107.6
0.0
2012  2014  1977
46
SOCA
LQBK Banja Luka Serbia and Montenegro
95.0
 95.0   104.0   106.0
0.0
2008  1979  1983
52
LQBK
LJLJ Ljubljana / Brnik Slovenia
89.6
 89.6    97.3   100.6
0.0
1988  1973  1985
42
LJLJ
LIPF Ferrara Italy
95.0
 95.0   104.7   121.3
0.0
2000  2001  1976
39
LIPF
LHDC Debrecen Hungary
93.2
 93.2   100.4   102.0
0.0
2012  1983  1994
50
LHDC
LFSB Bale-Mulhouse France
89.6
 89.6   102.2   102.4
0.0
1991  2007  2001
42
LFSB
EPWR Wroclaw Ii Poland
91.4
 91.4    98.8    99.3
0.0
2014  1983  1989
47
EPWR
EPKK Krakow Poland
87.8
 87.8    95.9   100.4
0.0
2014  1979  1986
42
EPKK
LKMT Ostrava / Mosnov Czech Republic
89.6
 89.8    98.1    98.6
-0.2
2014  1962  1974
53
LKMT
LIRZ Perugia Italy
96.8
 97.3   104.0   104.0
-0.5
2000  1968  1968
47
LIRZ
LOWS Salzburg-Flughafen Austria
91.4
 91.6   100.4   100.4
-0.1
2001  1975  1975
61
LOWS
LIVO Tarvisio Italy
84.2
 84.6    99.0    99.0
-0.3
1988  1987  1987
49
LIVO
LEMD Madrid / Barajas Spain
102.2
102.6   108.0   108.0
-0.3
1982  1986  1986
42
LEMD
LZTT Poprad / Tatry Slovakia
84.2
 84.7    94.6    94.6
-0.5
2012  1996  1996
43
LZTT
LIMH Pian Rosa Italy
48.2
 48.9    65.8    65.8
-0.6
1987  2008  2008
47
LIMH
LIPZ Venezia / Tessera Italy
87.8
 88.5   100.4   100.4
-0.7
1988  1981  1978
50
LIPZ
LEGT Madrid / Getafe Spain
102.2
102.9   105.4   105.8
-0.7
1982  1986  1984
42
LEGT
LEGR Granada / Aeropuerto Spain
104.0
104.7   108.9   108.9
-0.7
1982  2001  2001
42
LEGR
LIPS Treviso / Istrana Italy
91.4
 92.3   100.8   103.6
-0.8
1988  1975  2006
46
LIPS
SPME Tumbes Peru
89.6
 90.5   102.4   104.9
-0.9
1997  1975  1989
41
SPME
LEZL Sevilla / San Pablo Spain
104.0
104.9   115.9   116.6
-0.9
2010  1973  1998
42
LEZL
LOWL Linz / Hoersching-Flughafen Austria
91.4
 92.5    99.3    99.3
-1.0
2001  1974  1974
63
LOWL
LHPP Pecs / Pogany Hungary
91.4
 92.7   101.5   101.5
-1.3
2012  1996  1996
42
LHPP
LDRI Rijeka / Omisalj Croatia
89.6
 90.9   100.4   101.8
-1.3
1991  1988  1976
42
LDRI
LOWG Graz-Thalerhof-Flughafen Austria
91.4
 93.0   100.8   101.1
-1.5
2001  1963  1953
60
LOWG
EDDM Munchen Germany
91.4
 93.0    97.5    98.6
-1.5
1957  1975  2006
73
EDDM
SBMQ Macapa Brazil
93.2
 95.0   102.2   113.0
-1.8
2010  1974  2013
42
SBMQ
MMZH Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Mexico
91.4
 93.2    96.8   102.2
-1.8
2004  1981  2012
35
MMZH
MHPL Puerto Lempira Honduras
87.8
 89.6   100.4   109.4
-1.8
2013  1995  1997
48
MHPL
MDBH Barahona Dominican Republic
91.4
 93.2    97.9   103.1
-1.8
2007  2006  1983
40
MDBH
LROD Oradea Romania
93.2
 95.0   102.2   102.2
-1.8
2012  1996  1978
51
LROD
LIMN Novara / Cameri Italy
91.4
 93.2    96.8   100.4
-1.8
1982  2000  1978
46
LIMN
LHPA Papa Hungary
93.2
 95.0   102.2   102.2
-1.8
2012  1996  2005
42
LHPA
LHKE Kecskemet Hungary
95.0
 96.8   107.1   107.1
-1.8
2012  1996  1996
42
LHKE
LEVS Madrid / Cuatro Vientos Spain
100.4
102.2   104.0   105.1
-1.8
1982  1977  1984
41
LEVS
LETO Madrid / Torrejon Spain
102.2
104.0   106.0   107.6
-1.8
1982  1966  1985
55
LETO
DFFD Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
95.0
 96.8   104.0   121.5
-1.8
2002  1973  1992
42
DFFD
MUCU Santiago De Cuba, Oriente Cuba
89.6
 91.4   105.8   111.2
-1.8
1978  1983  1981
48
MUCU
LIPH Treviso / S. Angelo Italy
89.6
 91.4   102.2   102.2
-1.8
1994  1975  1975
46
LIPH
LIPA Aviano Italy
89.6
 91.4    97.9   100.4
-1.8
1991  1978  2000
46
LIPA
FCBB Brazzaville / Maya-Maya Congo
89.6
 91.4   100.4   105.8
-1.8
1983  1978  1999
42
FCBB
TFFF Le Lamentin Martinique
87.8
 90.0    98.6   102.2
-2.2
2010  1975  1982
48
TFFF
SMZO Paramaribo Suriname
89.6
 91.8   101.8   108.9
-2.2
2007  1975  1985
40
SMZO
LEZG Zaragoza / Aeropuerto Spain
104.0
106.2   109.6   109.6
-2.2
1982  1977  1977
42
LEZG
LIPE Bologna / Borgo Panigale Italy
95.0
 97.3   104.0   106.0
-2.3
2000  1968  1978
47
LIPE
LEMO Moron De La Frontera Spain
104.0
106.3   114.3   114.8
-2.3
1959  1979  1965
56
LEMO
TJNR Roosevelt Roads, PR United States
88.0
 90.5   100.4   100.9
-2.5
1992  1976  1982
61
TJNR
MWCR Owen Roberts Airportgrand Cayman Cayman Islands
89.6
 92.1    98.6   102.2
-2.5
2001  1970  2009
49
MWCR
LFKB Bastia France
86.0
 88.5   102.2   102.2
-2.5
2004  1984  1984
43
LFKB
FKKR Garoua Cameroon
91.4
 93.9   104.0   121.1
-2.5
2008  1980  1984
42
FKKR
LHSN Szolnok Hungary
93.2
 95.9   105.8   105.8
-2.7
2012  1989  1983
47
LHSN
SKIP Ipiales / San Luis Colombia
57.2
 60.1    86.4    86.4
-2.9
2010  1978  1978
49
SKIP
DFOO Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina Faso
89.6
 92.5   100.9   109.9
-2.9
1983  1975  2003
42
DFOO
KEYW Key West, FL United States
90.0
 93.0    98.1   109.0
-3.0
1990  1989  2000
64
KEYW
.
YMLT Launceston Airport Australia
28.4
 26.1    23.4    22.1
+2.3
1948  2002  1994
69
YMLT
ZSOF Hefei China
69.8
 68.0    59.0     6.8
+1.8
1963  1975  1974
51
ZSOF
ZSHC Hangzhou China
69.8
 68.0    60.8    10.9
+1.8
1992  1981  1986
51
ZSHC
SAWH Ushuaia Aerodrome Argentina
24.8
 23.0     8.6     7.0
+1.8
1957  1980  1958
44
SAWH
CYGW Kuujjuarapik, Que. Canada
37.4
 35.6    35.6   -43.6
+1.8
2014  2014  2014
35
CYGW
YMHB Hobart Airport Australia
35.6
 34.2    27.3    26.1
+1.4
1966  1993  1972
57
YMHB
ZSNJ Nanjing China
68.0
 66.7    62.6     8.4
+1.3
1997  1976  1991
51
ZSNJ
ZGNN Nanning China
73.4
 73.8    57.2    28.6
-0.3
1992  1976  1999
53
ZGNN
ZUGY Guiyang China
60.8
 61.7    50.0    19.4
-0.9
1992  1977  1977
52
ZUGY
UHHH Habarovsk Russia
46.4
 49.1    36.0   -45.0
-2.7
1996  1951  1951
74
UHHH
KQDG ADANA/INCIRLIK TURKEY
60.3
 64.4    53.6    17.4
-4.1
1968  2006  1964
50
KQDG
ID City Country
Current
Temp.
(°F)
Unofficial Daily /
Monthly / Alltime
Record (°F)
Margin of
Unofficial Daily
Record (°F)
Year of Unofficial
Daily / Monthly /
Alltime Record
Database
Length
(years)
ID

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