Lies - damn lies and statistics

Check this out.......

All data is from the NZ Met Service

 

It is true we had ONE day at the high as shown on their map - all of 33.9c - in fact we  had a lovely week being in the 30's bar one day!!

So the way they present this graphical image is that - LOOK - Feb 2023 - had a higher then the 10 year average temperature - GLOBAL WARMING they scream from the roof tops!! Your fault for eating cows and driving smokey cars they scream!

So add all the highest temperatures for each day in month of Feb 2023 - and average them out to be in line with the 10 year average high temperature 

(you know - comparing an apple with an apple) for ANY meaningful comparison and you get - drum roll please:

23.7C!!!!

Check this against the 10 year high which sits at 31.4c!

 

HOWEVER

to really compare a granny smith with a granny smith you need to take all the daily highs (for Feb) and average them out and then compare that with the previous (monthly Feb) years or even a rolling ten year average for Feb

it goes like this

		Whitianga	Chch	Dunedin
February	2013	23.9	22.4	19.4
February	2014	23.4	21.7	18.4
February	2015	24	22.8	18.4
February	2016	25.5	25.1	22.8
February	2017	24.7	22.5	20.2
February	2018	24.3	22.9	19.6
February	2019	24.4	24.5	21.1
February	2020	26.6	24.3	20.6
February	2021	23.4	22.9	19.7
February	2022	24	20.4	19.1
February	2023		23.6
	avrg for last 10 years	- - - - >	23

You will see that some years are warmer and some are cooler.  -- 2022 was the coolest so far at monthly average of 20.4c - and 2016 at 25.1c - a 5 degree Celsius range of up or down!  NOTE that 7 years (yes make that SEVEN years) are below the rolling average of 23c!

Liars --  So sick of these lies being told!! 

 

On the upside - Should there be a real warming planet -- I would be quite happy for a 4 degree Celsius rise -  it would mean New Zealand could grow its own coffee and pineapple and many other tropical fruits and of course our winter heating bill would be greatly reduced!!  Alas - by the time this is likely to be happening (year 2590????) I will no longer be round by then - old dude that I am . . . . .

 

Have fun!