New analysis by an environmental watchdog finds that mainstream media selectively report high temperatures from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to bolster climate change claims, while overlooking lower readings from other local weather stations and historical data showing significant temperature variability. Steven Milloy, an environmental and public health consultant, challenged the narrative of unprecedented heat on his platform JunkScience.com, highlighting discrepancies in temperature reporting and the influence of urban heat island effects.
The mainstream media has been warning that Phoenix is experiencing very high temperatures this summer, claiming that is a result of climate change. They point to the highest temperatures that weather stations report, which are taken from locations like Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. It has higher temperatures due to all the concrete and airplane exhaust. Some of the other weather stations around Phoenix consistently report lower temperatures, but the media never pulls the weather from them.
The temperature in Phoenix typically fluctuates year to year, with some years hotter than others. Phoenix is located in a desert, and in this modern era of social media, alerts, and texting, there are now numerous frequent warnings about heat, creating an impression that the desert’s predictably high temperatures are alarming.
But according to the National Weather Service (NWS), Phoenix has also experienced some very low temperatures this summer. The NWS reported that on June 1, at the airport, the highest temperature was 90. The historic average for June 1 there was far higher, 100.4. On June 22, the highest temperature there was 98, while the historic high average was 105.8. On June 25, the highest temperature was 102, while the historic high average was 106.2. On July 3, the highest temperature was 101, while the historic high average was 106.8. On July 4, the highest temperature was 102, while the historic high average was 106.9.
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