RECAP: Climate Crisis Of 1911 (Tony Heller)

Instead of trying to understand the record heat of 1911, NASA simply chose to erase it.



This video looks at the global heatwave of 1911 that killed thousands of people in the US and tens of thousands in Europe. 40,000 reportedly died in Paris from the heat that lasted from July to September. Winter in Australia was also very warm. What saves people from dying today is air conditioning. However, even taking these sorts of events into account, and air con, ten times more people die of the cold than heat on average. 

And how hot was the climate during the Medieval Warming Period ? Our thermometer records only go back so far. And today's thermometer readings tend to be massively impacted by urban heat islands and changed equipment, smaller Stevenson Screens, that jack up temps by a few degrees. Reported temps today are highly suspect, and should be seen as being a degree or two less than what they say.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, June 30, 2026.]