Ireland, Sweden No January has warmed since 1988. Antarctic sea ice has been stable for more than 40 years! – Is it good?
Via P Gosselin above 15. February 2022
Chart of Kirye
Pierre’s Text
January mean temperature data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is now available for Sweden and Ireland. Also below, we look at sea ice levels in Antarctica.
We begin by looking at trends from five stations in Sweden, for which the JMA has sufficient data to permit proper charting. since 1988:
Data: JMA
All five stations showed a cooling trend in January, thus contradicting previous claims that winters will be more and more mild. Next month, we’ll be looking at February data, which means we’ll get a chance to look at DJF winter trends.
Little change in temperature in Ireland
The following are average January temperature trends for Ireland since 1999 using JMA data (unchanged):
Data sources: JMA.
Six stations planned since 1988 taken together show no significant warming, with some stations in fact showing a modest cooling trend in January.
Range of sea ice in Antarctica
Finally, Klaus-Eckart Puls of European Institute of Climate and Energy (EIKE) brought my attention to a plot about the extent of Antarctic sea ice, from Climate4you.
Graph: Climate4you
There has been no change in sea ice extent trends since 1978, when satellite measurements began.
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