Rare August Chill Breaks Decades-Old Records; Naomi Oreskes: Climate Dogma Thawing?; + Science, Politics, and the Climate Narrative: An MIT Scientist Exposes the Real Agenda

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Rare August Chill Breaks Decades-Old Records

On Wednesday, the Eastern half of the U.S. continued its unseasonably cool spell, marking some of the region’s coldest August temperatures in decades.

A mass of cool, dry Canadian air, driven south by high pressure to the north and influenced by a low-pressure system offshore, introduced an early taste of fall. In Virginia—for example—many areas saw thermometers drop into 40s, some even lower, with daytime highs holding below 80F (26.7C) statewide.

Burke’s Garden, Tazewell County, tanked to 38F (3.3C), a wintry-like reading which marked the area's coldest August temperature for 20 years, matching the low from Aug 7, 2004. To find a colder August low in Burke’s Garden, you have to go back to 1989.

Crossing the state line into West Virginia, Canaan Valley posted a freezing low of 32F (0C).

Several notable temperature records were broken across the region.

Parkersburg, WV, saw 45F (7.2C), smashing the previous record of 51F (10.6C) set in 1940.

Clarksburg, WV, also experienced 45F (7.2C), surpassing its old record of 46F (7.8 C) also from 1940.

Charleston, WV, reached 48F (8.9C), breaking 50F (10C) from 1953.

While back in Virginia, Lynchburg tied its record low with 52 F (11.1C), matching 1918, 1922, and 1998.

Wytheville, VA, saw 43F (6.1C), with Abingdon noting to 47F (8.3C), marking the coldest August temperatures in these regions for 20 years.

In larger cities like Roanoke, notable lows were also reached. The 50F (10C) here marked the coldest August temperature the 47F (8.3C) on August 31, 1999. While at the Tri-Cities Airport in Tennessee, 49F (9.4C) bested the old record of 53 F (11.7 C) from 2012.

Hundreds of daily records fell across the Eastern U.S. on Wednesday, extending beyond just the Virginias. Monthly benchmarks were also toppled.

Below are snapshots of the new records set during the hours of 10:00 and 11:00 UTC alone on Aug 21, 2024:

Washington, D.C. was among them. Early Wednesday morning, Reagan National Airport (DCA) posted a low of 59F (15C). This was the first time in over 20 years that temperatures here had dipped below 60 F (15.6 C) in August, the last occurrence being Aug 7, 2004. Given the strong urban heat island effect in the nation’s capital, this temperature drop is an even more impressive feat.

But this summer is 'distressing', so we're told:

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Naomi Oreskes: Climate Dogma Thawing?

In recent years, Naomi Oreskes has cemented herself as a key figure in promoting a vision of climate change that veers toward alarmism and authoritarianism, evident in her co-authored 2014 book The Collapse of Western Civilization.

This dystopian work paints a future where Western civilization crumbles under the weight of climate disasters.

Critics, like climate scientist Judith Curry, have long challenged Oreskes' rigid stance on catastrophic climate predictions, with Curry recently calling Oreskes "second only to Mann in promoting and enforcing climate dogma."