It Was Real, But Will It Be "Official"? -- April 8, 2018

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Later, 11:53 a.m. Central Time: on a serious note, a reader pointed out that some caution is required here before calling this a new record. The reader pointed out very, very correctly that in North Dakota, and I am sure in many places around the world, temperatures can vary over just a few miles. The reader noted that his father remembers being told by another farmer how cold it was in Epping when his father said that was impossible because it was so warm in Williston. Both farmers were probably correct; Epping is just a few miles northeast of Williston. So, it should be noted that the temperature April 7, 2018, was taken at the Tioga Municipal Airport, a location that probably did not exist in 1936. The 1936 temperature would have been recorded elsewhere than the airport.

Which, of course, begs the question, which I won't ask regarding all the temperatures the global warming folks "believe" in. Remember: when it comes to "global warming," we are talking about less than one or two degrees and computer models are projecting climatic changes based on tenths-of-degree changes in temperature.

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A huge "thank you" to Don for sending me this link, noting another "low-temperature" record set in the Bakken. This record was not subtle, link here:

Noting that it was much warmer in Williston, ND, today (17 degrees Fahrenheit) I fact-checked the Weather Underground data. Apparently the thermometers at the Tioga airport did record that record-setting  temperature but there is some question whether it will be accepted by the US weather-people. NOAA tweeted: