Fun fact about August 12th...

Temperature records in Ottawa for this date:

Lowest Temperature (1939-2011) 6.7°C         1946
Highest Temperature (1939-2011)  35.0°C     1947

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Online version found here.
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Extreme weather

You may have seen news articles about an IPCC report regarding extreme weather.    Most news articles I've seen put a Catastrophic AGW spin on it, i.e. we're all going drown/bake/die of thirst etc etc etc.   However, that isn't really in the report.

First a preface.  Extreme weather happens all the time.  It has been part of the climate since it was created. Increasing extreme weather only exists in the Global Climate Models (GCMs).  Actual observations have not shown any increasing global trends that co-relate with increasing global temperatures.   I have shown this for floods, droughts, tropical storms, heat waves, etc.

Here is a couple comments regarding this new report:
http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2011/11/leaked-text-of-ipcc-extreme-report.html
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/climate-panel-issues-report-on-extreme-weather-and-climate-change/
http://www.thegwpf.org/science-news/4369-natural-variability-to-dominate-weather-events-over-coming-20-30-years.html