Imagine that each red line is a line from a mercury alcohol thermometer which goes from 0 to 120° F as many thermometers do, except they typically go lower, often at about -40°F.
So each red line on this graph represents an annual temp as a thermometer would display it. The source is the GISS data.
Yep, the earth is burning up. Running a fever!!! Quick someone give it an aspirin!!! We should tax ourselves into oblivion because of this.
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GREAT GRAPH!
I thought it would be appreciated.
Mercury is silver! Red would be an alcohol thermometer. But that is what I expect the last 100+ years to look like!
LOL, damn, I am tired….. thanks!
That is what you let some of us hang around for!
Yep!!!!
Well crap! I’m color blind.
Different colors don’t help.:)
Nice graph!
Looks like a perfectly square
Grey box. Sorry rectangle
Yep, it’s all about perspective!
rotfl…….I’m a climate scientist…I see the difference
NOT
Yay. An absolute temp graph with a zero baseline. Even though it uses folded, spindled, and mutilated data with the past rewritten. Still look at that.
That’s not quite correct.
A true zero baseline would be ABSOLUTE ZERO, or -273 degrees C.
Perhaps suyts has the energy to put one up.
LOL, I’m not sure it would render much different.
I think if people think on this for a bit, it’ll have some impact. I’m glad all enjoyed!
Just think it would be great with grey error bars of some description – I dunno – say, plus or minus 2deg F? Obviously, we know it wont make a ha’peth of difference but it will more realistic?
But, there’s no error bars on thermometers!!!
I was going for the thermometer look. I couldn’t figure out how to put pics of a thermometer on the spread sheet and have the alcohol rise in each one.
But, the next time I make one of those temp graphs I’ll put some margins of error on them.
Thanks for popping by Kev!
You can give it the GISS effect of having the data Hansenized by averaging, normalizing and drinking most of the alcohol then try drawing the graph.
Yeah, I’d be keen to see the graph from absolute zero, too. If you can’t do it yourself; do you mind if I or other readers of you blog do it?
No, no, Leo you go right ahead if you want. It really isn’t a matter of can or can’t but rather time and the allocation of it. But, if readers really want a graph going from absolute zero to current temps, who am I to stand in the way? You guys get it and I’ll post it on the blog!
Brilliant! What a useful visual aid to remind us of just exactly what all the numbers really mean. 10/10 for a great idea!
Dave, thanks for dropping by and commenting. I’m sorry about the long wait in moderation. I got busy with a couple of posts. I’m just a one man outfit. At any rate, thanks! Now that you’ve been approved for commenting, you will no longer be moderated, provided you keep links in comments 2 or less.
Welcome!