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I'm not so sure you quite grasp the meaning of the word,"global".From doing science...? You know, the very thing you are denying.where did scientist learn?
And not one of those people could or would have compiled the data and ran experiments and simulations and found signals in the data, then testing their predictive value. We need scientists for that. Your statement is stupid. We also couldn't have disease reports and vector discovery without sick people and nurses. Same thing. You're being silly.Seriously dude, one of the reasons we have local weather records 100's of years ago is from ship logs, local bee keepers and the like, not from "scientist"
Translation~ you just admitted we don't have the data ..
Lol....
Interesting...wonder what happened to the records between 1836 and 1856?
Weather records from 1800s prove fairly accurate
CHAMPAIGN — Ink and quill hand-written weather records from nearly 200 years ago have proven to be accurate despite the primitive technology available at the time
While Angel and Graham didn’t see temperatures that would break today’s records, they did find other interesting historical insights:
* On Feb. 8, 1931, the observer reported a temperature of -12 degrees at 7 a.m. and “30 inches of snow on the level.”
* On July 21, 1820, the records referred to a “violent hurricane.” Angel and Graham assume that likely referred to either a tornado or severe thunderstorm with strong winds.
The records also include comments, such as ducks flying south, the condition of crops and other events of everyday life.
“It was like reading someone’s diary,” Graham said.
The records are the oldest ever found in Illinois. The next oldest weather records are in Peoria that has continuous weather reports going back to 1856. The latest find still leaves a weather record gap between 1836 and 1856.
Images of the original records found in Rock Island can be found on the Water Survey website at Fort Armstrong Weather Records (1820-1836), Illinois State Water Survey, U of I