Hottest Days Ever? Don’t Believe It

The reported hottest days on record with an average global temperature of 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit are compared to alternative estimates. The concept of 'average global temperature' is questioned.

July 8, 2023 . 6:04 PM

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The reported average global temperature of 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit on July 3 and 4 is supposedly the hottest in 125,000 years.
However, there are no satellite data from 125,000 years ago, making comparisons unfair.
An alternative estimate based on actual surface temperature measurements is around 57.5 degrees.
The concept of 'average global temperature' is meaningless and more of a political concept than a scientific one.
Temperature data are imprecise, with many temperature stations producing corrupted data and limited coverage of the Earth's surface.