February 26, 2025

To exaggerate is to lie, Part 2 --- Come and examine the temperature charts of July 2023, for 24 various cities.

                                                        To Distort a Fact is to Tell a Lie

Background:  Someone asserted that 2023 was the hottest year in the past 2,000 of them.  Others asserted the 2023 was the hottest year in the past 130 years.  While 2023 was current, someone additionally asserted that July 2023 was the hottest month in the past 125,000 summers.

Now, as far as goes July 2023 being the hottest month in the past 125,000 summers, how about it being the hottest July in the past 11 years?  The Year 2012 was searing.  So too was 2011.  So, it's proper to compare July 2023 to 2011 & 2012; not to 125,000 years ago.  There is such a thing as the 11 year sunspot cycle.

Then again, we could call July 2023 the hottest summer month since 1987, when Athens and Volos experienced 111.2F there.  Amidst the pollution, 1,300 people died.  Perhaps July 2023 could be the hottest since July 1977, when Athens reached 118.4F, on the 10th of that month.  The CO2 level at the time was 334 ppm ... 92 ppm LESS THAN today.  As of February 1st, 2025 the CO2 level was 426 ppm, exactly.

Maybe July 2023 is the hottest month since July 1958, when Trikala, Thessaly reached 117.5F.  The CO2 level at the time was 313 ppm ... 113 ppm LOWER THAN today. There were numerous heatwaves that happened long before 125,000 years ago, and even more recently than 125 years ago.  When the Climate Hysteria People are not outright lying, they are hyper-exaggerating facts so badly that the facts they toot become distorted versions of themselves.  

The bottom line is that Michael Mann, Al Gore, and certain media personalities want you to assume that never before were there heatwaves like today.  They want you to believe the natural disasters are on the rise, commensurate with the rise in atmospheric CO2.  That is one big lie.  There have been less wildfires, less this, less that, and the things have already been addressed and illustrated in the 63+ climate-related post at the Blue Marble Album and elsewhere on the Internet.

Well, below are 24 temperature charts of July 2023.  They will show you if whether or not the Year 2023 was a searing hot, global boiling year never before experienced in human history.  According to the way that the UN, the Biden People, and the media talked about the weather, you would assume that everywhere north of the Equator consisted in record-breaking heat throughout Biden's presidency.  So, look at the 24 charts below ... comprising July 2023 only ... and see if the UN and the Biden People were a bunch of liars or not.

Note:  Cities which do NOT have well established long-term monthly average temperatures will not be used here.  Such cities were not modernized in the 19th and mid 20th Century.  They do not have a long-term temperature record, due to the absence of any kind of weather station.  Thus, you can't compare today's temps with temps in the mid 20th Century and 19th Century, at those particular cities.  The needed data is absent there.

[1]  Let's begin with Mexico and its capital city.  The common citizen assumes that all of Mexico is blazing with heat every summer.  This is especially the case, being that the UN Gen-Sec claims that we are now in the phase of "global boiling."  Therefore, if July 2023 is the hottest time in the past 125,000 years, then the summer would be much hotter in Mexico City, and there would be a few 90F temps charted below, along with a couple 100F temps.  

The hottest July 2023 day in Mexico City was 82F.  Well, take a look below at the Mexico City temperatures for July 2023.  Oh, and by the way, the average July high temperature for "hot-hot" Mexico City is . . . 74 Fahrenheit  ... which happens to be 23.33 Celsius.  

A few July "heat-anomalies of eight degrees higher-than-average in the middle of Summer does NOT constitute Global Boiling.  This is especially the case when the temperature is no different than a typical summer's day in Pittsburgh.  No end-of-the-world heat is to be found here.  No Global Boiling, folks.  Time to move-on.

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[2]  Let's go further south to Venezuela; to its capital.  If July 2023 were the hottest month in the history of Planet Earth ... or in the past 125,000 years ... then surely Venezuela would have had several 90F & 100F July days, in 2023.  It has reached 100F in Caracas Venezuela, in the past, but not in July of 2023.  83F was the hottest.  The average is 81F.   This is far from Global Boiling.   The UN lied ... during the Biden-Harris years.

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[3] Let's go to nearby Bogota Columbia.  It's located between the Equator and the tropics.  Surely it was hot there in July of 2023.  Only in your dreams.  The warmest it was in July of 2023 was 71F.  Are you sure that the world is heating out of control?  It looks more like the mouthpieces at the UN and in the Biden Administration were what's out of control.  See for yourself:
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[4] Quito Ecuador is actually on the Equator.  The Equator gets direct sunlight.  It surely must be hot there in July.   The answer is, "No it's not."  The hottest it was in Ecuador, in July of 2023, was  69F.  On three of those July days, the daily high was only 59F.  On two of those July days, the daily high was only 57F.  There was No Global Boiling at this part of the Equator, during July 2023.
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[5]  To go any further south on the South American map is to go into Southern Hemispheric Winter.  So, let's you and I go north to a place where the average July high temperature is 91F.  

Decade after decade, in Panama City Florida, July daytime averaged 91 degrees Fahrenheit.  This means that there would have been a wave of 100+ Fahrenheit during the hottest July in the past 125,000 years.  Well, all of July 2023 was average for Panama City.  In fact, 23 of those days were below average.  Seven of those days were 4 or more degrees below average.  Are you beginning to see how the UN is insulting the reasonable citizen's intelligence with its official lies?  
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[6] Let's stay in Florida, for one more example of how the UN lies.   The Key Largo vicinity was recently heralded as the venue of the hottest Atlantic Ocean water in history.  Well firstly, the temperature involved was that of shallow "tributary" Everglade run-off water and NOT Atlantic Ocean surface water.  

The bottom line is that the July 2023 temperatures for Key Largo are completely average for Key Largo.  The hottest July 2023 day was no more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit ABOVE average.  The lowest temperature day in the same month was no more than 4 degrees Fahrenheit BELOW average.
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[7] Let's now float over to San Juan Puerto Rico.  That location is definitively a Summertime hot spot.  In fact, the average July high temperature there is 90F.  Therefore, the hottest San Juan July in the history of all mankind has got to have included 90F & 100F days throughout the month.  Well, throughout the entire month of July 2023, all high temperatures were all BELOW AVERAGE, in San Juan Puerto Rico, except for three of them.  The hottest July 2023 day there was 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average.   That's not what global boiling is, folks.
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[8] Nairobi Kenya is a capital city.  Kenya is bordered by South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Uganda.  Surely it gets very hot there in July.  Surely it had to have reached 100F in Nairobi during the hottest July in human history.   Surely it hadn't.  It didn't even come close.  It was literally hotter in Pennsylvania, thousands of miles away.   Look for yourself.
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[9] Rabat is the capital city of Morocco.  Surely it would have been over-heated there throughout the hottest July in the history of mankind.  This is surely not true, for the capital city, at least.  The end of June was notably hot.  But, July 2023 was a cool-down for Morocco.  July 2023 in Rabat, Morocco was literally Pittsburgh summertime weather.
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[10] Next comes the city of Beirut Lebanon.  It's July average temperature is 88F.  Well, throughout the entire month of July 2023, Beirut's temperatures were either average or below average.  This is the opposite of "Global Boiling."

Okay then, take a look below and keep in mind that the average July temperature for Beirut is 88F.  There was NOT a single day ... from June 25 to July 29 ... that was above average.
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[11] We now proceed to Southwestern India, between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer.  The state is Kerala and the city is Iritty.  The average July high temperature there is 88F.  In July of 2023, there was not a single day above average.  The temperature on eight of those days was ten Fahrenheit degrees or more BELOW AVERAGE.  So, where is all of this untold heat which makes July 2023 the hottest July in human history?  Not in Iritty Kerala.  That's for sure.
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[12] We next go to historic Turkey, at its center, to a city which used to be called, Cappadocia.  Today, the central city is called Avanos, in the Nevsehir Province.  

Its average high July temperature is 90 degrees Fahrenheit.  This means that it's hot there in the summertime.  Well, in July of 2023, no daily high was more than 3 degrees above average, except for one 99 degree Fahrenheit day.  Twelve of the days were 4 degrees or more BELOW AVERAGE.  And on three of those days, the high temperature was 14 to 21 degrees BELOW AVERAGE.  This is NOT end-of-the-world heat.  Quit scaring schoolchildren. 
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[13] Let's go further east, to the Ghazni District of Afghanistan.  That's located in eastern Afghanistan.  The average July high temperature there is 87F.  During July of 2023, not a signal day's high was more than 3 degrees Fahrenheit above average, except for July 3rd, where it was 5 degrees Fahrenheit above average.  Furthermore, ten of those days had highs that were more than 3 degrees BELOW AVERAGE.  In fact, six of those days had highs in the 70s.  This does not constitute historic heat in any capacity.

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[14] Let's return to India, to a historic section of it.  Once upon a time, there was the Maratha Empire.  It's capital is found in the present-day Raigad District.  Now, India is reputed to get really hot in the summer, and Raigad's historical monthly average high for July is 86F.  Throughout all of July 2023, Raigad did NOT have a day over the average July temperature.  No Global Boiling here, folks. 
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[15]  Let's now address the claim that, in 2023, Atlantic Ocean temps have dangerously rose to the point of an end-of-the-world climate crisis caliber.  Well, there was the MANGROVE SWAMP "101F farce" in Florida, where Everglade run-off water was called "101F ocean water."  Now, if the Atlantic Ocean has heated-up above record high temperatures, then the Caribbean and Bermuda should have been saunas in July.  Let's start with Bermuda.  

The historic July temperature average for Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda is 85 degrees Fahrenheit.  And of course, Hamilton is in the center of that elongated island.  Throughout the entire month of July 2023, not a signal day resulted in a degree above the average high.  July 2023 was advertised as the month with the hottest Atlantic Ocean water temperatures in history.  Well, there was no record-breaking heat in Bermuda.  There wasn't even slightly-above average heat there.  

There was anomalous heat in Kingston Jamaica, though.  But, NOT it's-the-end-of-the-world-and-we're-all-gonna-die heat.  The bottom line is that the whole world is not on fire, as the media very immaturely claims.
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[16] Staying in the Caribbean, we next review Bridgetown Barbados.  It's historical monthly temperature average for July is 85F.  The hottest day in July 2023 was two degrees above average. 

Now, certain "journalists" reported that the Atlantic Ocean water temperatures were higher than they ever were, when 2023 came along.  Well, where?  I went through the official US government ocean coastal water temperature reports.  The hottest water temperature that I saw was 94.1F, off of Louisiana.  Everything else was reasonably within the historical temperature averages.  So, where is this end-of-the-world heat?  Not anywhere near Barbados.  That's for sure.
 
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[17] The next Caribbean temperature we shall view is that of Basse-Terre Guadeloupe.  It's historical monthly average high for July is 89F.   Throughout all of July 2023 not a signal day's high temp was more than one degree Fahrenheit over the July average.   Two of the days were 6 degrees BELOW average.  The question remains:  Where in the Atlantic Ocean is this end-of-the-world extreme heat?  Nowhere near Guadeloupe.  That's for sure.
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[18] We continue to search the Caribbean for any possible signs of extreme heat as was never before encountered on Planet Earth.  Thus far, we have found temperatures hovering around average.  Let's see if there is any indication that extremely high, end-of-the-world temperatures are near Sainte Luce Martinique.   

The historical monthly average high there is 86F.  The hottest July 2023 day there was two degrees Fahrenheit above average.  Well, if you can find this alleged raging Atlantic Ocean water heat, then let me know.  For now, I'm going east, to the West African data base.
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[19] Let's go east, to West Africa.  The typical novice assumes that Africa per se is hot in July.  This would include Cameroon, a nation which knows what it is to have a competitive world cup soccer team.  

Well, Yaounde Cameroon's historical monthly average high is 79F.  During July 2023, there were two 85F days and one 84F day.  But, there was also a 74F day.  However, all of the other days were within 3 degrees of average.  The temperature range went from 5 degrees below average to 6 degrees above average.  Eleven days in July 2023 were in the 70s Fahrenheit.  In twelve other July 2023 days, the high temp for Yeounde was either 80F or 81F.  That's Pittsburgh summertime weather.  No apocalyptic end-of-the-world temperatures here.  Let's move on.
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[20] We move on to neighboring Nigeria and its capital, Lagos.  Being that Nigeria is African, it's assumed by the casual novice that Nigeria roars with heat in July.  Well, Lagos Nigeria's average high temp is 83F.  That's a common Pennsylvania July temperature.  

As far as went July 2023, Lagos had one day that was 4 degrees above average and two days that were 3 degrees above average.  The July 2023 high temperatures were in the Utterly-Average Range.  The hottest day that was a  total of 4 degrees above average, and the coolest day was a total of 4 degrees BELOW average.  There were ZERO 90 degree Fahrenheit days there, in July of 2023.  No climate crisis here, folks.  Time to move onward to the next location
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[21]  Ethiopia is a historic African nation bordered east of Sudan.  Now, the capital of Sudan reached 105F in July, slightly before 2023.  So, it's only logical to assume that Ethiopia gets as hot in July.  Well, in all of  July 2023, the capital of Ethiopia's highest temperature was 75F.  It's lowest temperature in July of 2023 was 51F (as the low for the day.)  No Global Boiling here.  The Sec-Gen of the UN needs to resign and be replaced with a honest man.
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[22]  Let's go to Central America; to Honduras.  Central America is assumed to have blazing heat in July.  In fact, the average high for Santa Lucia, Honduras is a very counter-intuitive & tame 81 degrees Fahrenheit.  

In the month of July 2023, there was one 86F day and one 84F day.  No other day was above the average high temp for July.   Fourteen days were more than 3 degrees BELOW normal.  Therefore, there was no searing heat in Santa Lucia for the entire month of July 2023.  So, where is all of this highly anomalous end-of-the-world heat?  Not in Santa Lucia.  That's for sure.
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[23] Costa Rica is the land of tropical forests, waterfalls, and La Pura Vida.  It's capital is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator.  So, one would except hot hot summers in Costa Rica.  Well, in July of 2023 San Jose Costa Rica's highest temperature did not go above 82F.  That amounts 4F above average.  Furthermore, San Jose's lowest high was 72F, and that amounts to 6F BELOW average.  This sums-up to a typically average month during the month advertised as the hottest one in history.  

Well, in modern history, 1936 was the hottest.  World record heat was in 1913.  The worst drought year, according to NASA, was 1934.  And 1896, 1901, 1911, and 1921 were years of tremendous heat as well.  So too was 1976, 1980, 2003, and 2012. People need to realize that this end-of-the-world heat hype coincides with a recent US congressional appropriation of $370 BILLION for climate activism.

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[24] We'll finish at the two dozen mark.  Now, the climate activists were mentioning how incredibly warm the Atlantic Ocean has been in the summer of 2023.  And of course, the quintessential mid-Atlantic archipelago is the Azores.  If the Atlantic Ocean is heating up with the highest heat in the history of mankind, then the Azores would be above average in temperature.  

Well, in July 2023, the Azores had 7 days in the 80s, 22 days in the 70s, and 2 days in the 60s.  Concerning lows, 26 days were in the 50s Fahrenheit.  Okay then, where exactly is the Atlantic Ocean doing the act of boiling?  Not around the Azores.  That's for sure.
               
Throughout the Biden Years, Climate Hysteria has been a Sleight-of-Hand & False Light deception.  And of course, the Number 1 sign of a con artist (and of a con artist group) is that he, she, or they do NOT allow debate.  Needless to say, you perhaps witnessed the severe abridgement of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom to convey information & evidence.
                                                      
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For the readers' convenience:  The links to the other two parts of this 3-Part Series is located here:

Part 1:  The distant past heatwaves reported in newspapers of old, when the CO2 level was low:  


Part 3: The very distant megadroughts which occurred while the CO2 level was very low: