Frost Sweeps German Mountains As Europe Braces For August Chill; Wildfires Are Trending Down; Heat Island Skewings; + Humans Like Warmth
Wildfires are clearly the agreed upon 'climate scare' of the week, but the data say they're trending down.
Frost Sweeps German Mountains As Europe Braces For August Chill
While mainstream headlines fixate on a pocket of Mediterranean heat, other regions are running anomalously cold for mid-August, with a real early-onset of autumn potentially on the cards by next weekend.
On Aug 12, ground temperatures across Germany dropped into single digits, including lows of 2.2C (36F) in Bad Berleburg-Hem. and 2.7C (37F) in Medebach.
In the Ore Mountains, Kühnhaide’s weather station hit -0.7C (31F).
The media won’t touch this. They’re milking the south's 'heat dome' for all it’s worth, despite it being a localized, short-lived feature, using the death of a 4-year-old boy as evidence of their fictional “climate emergency”—which is low even for them.
Wildfires Are Trending Down
Wildfires are clearly the agreed upon 'climate scare' of the week:
My personal favorite:
But, 1) Spain, where the majority of Europe’s fires are currently located, has only entered a 'pre-emergency' stage, 2) burn acreage was at an all-time record low just a year ago (unreported on), and 3) wildfires in Europe are actually trending down, as per the official data:
