December 24 to January 25th was the second largest drop in temperature of the surface temperature at 7.13 ° f in a month.
As many readers know, we follow the US climate reference network (USCN). I choose these metrics because I and others show that the rest of the surface temperature protocols are nothing more than a collection of statistically poorly adapted garbage data of warm and unreliable. Be as angry as you want, but these are the facts, Jack.
This fact is something that you will not see over the headlines of the mainstream climate press: The US climate Reference Network (USCRN) has just recorded its second largest drop in temperature throughout the time series, which were only beaten by the jump From November to December 2009. This is the right-manage of the endless drumbeat of “hottest” claims that Flawless, state-of-the-art USCN network, tells a different story for February 2025.
Source: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/Access/monitoring/national-emperature-index/time-series/anom-tavg/1/0
Let's put the stage. The USCN company, which has been operational since 2005, is the gold standard of NOAA for the pursuit of the temperature trends in the adjacent to us with 114 stations that are deliberately away from urban heat islands and other human influences. It's about as clean as you can see. No adjustments, no homogenization – only raw, reliable numbers. According to the latest NCEI report, January 2025 has already installed 29.2 ° F for the adjacent US UNS, 0.9 ° F below the long-term average and in the coldest January in the 20-year record of the USCR. Not exactly the “scorching” story that we were sold.
Fast lead until February 2025, and preliminary data (from February 20) show a stunning film. While the figures of the entire month still enter, the month to month from 29.2 ° f in January will only become a WHopper-IM following until the 2009 trunk year. At that time, the temperatures rushed by almost 8 ° f between November and December, one Seasonal anomaly that raised the eyebrows, but did not fit the heat script, so that she faded quietly from the spotlight. This time, early indications show a jump that approaches 7 ° F or more, a rare event in a data set for stability and precision.
What is that going? The prospects of the February of Noaa pointed to a cold snapshot over the northern level, whereby the influence of La Niña might have spanned his muscles after a loud start. But don't let us earn yourself if you immerse yourself in a single cause without digging deeper. The strength of the USCN is its consistency and not the ability to explain every wobbling. What it tells us is that large swings still happen, even in a network that has been created in such a way that noises and prejudices are filtered out.
Cue the inevitable spin: “This is just weather, no climate!” Fair enough and monthly changes do not rewrite long-term trends. But when the trendsetters steal their pearls over any heat wave, a record -breaking drop deserves the same broadcast time. The full history of the USCN has not shown a significant heating signal since the beginning and hovers around a flat line, while global data records scream “unprecedented”. Perhaps it is time to ask why the USA – with some of the best instruments on the planet – oppose the script.
For the perspective, the drop from November to December 2009 was an animal fast 8 ° F (7.58 ° F) in a single month, with the typical seasonal changes being made in dwarfs. February 2025 may not steal the crown, but as a second (left) with one month 7.13 ° f in a 20-year record is not a jumper change. It is a memory that nature still has tricks in its sleeves and the USCN catches it in real time.
While the NOAA climate economy is preparing for the next “state of the climate”, we give our hats about the data that does speak. The surprise of the USCRN -February is not a dismissal of anything – it is just a fact. And as you say, there are stubborn things. Be excited about the final figures, but for now this is a cold jump in reality that is worth chewing.
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