A little while ago I found an Environment Canada page where you could find daily EC weather reports in or near Port Alberni… including one from Beaver Creek that went back as far as 1901 (for temperatures).

Here’s that EC page. Just type Alberni into the search field and hit Search and it will give you all the stations.

It also gives the exact location of each station when you select it.

Anyway, I wanted to consolidate all of it and stick it on a graph to see if “Global Warming” is happening here.

So after more than a few hours of work… here it is:

The coloured lines are the actual data from the different stations… they are all in different locations, so [B]small[/B] variations should be expected.

I drew the black line manually overtop as a sort of best fit to see the trend trying to keep it as true as possible…

One thing I noticed immediately was the station from 1901 was very extreme… as were the other early stations… after 1950 or so, the data starts to agree with itself a lot better as well as be much less extreme which I think speaks to better instruments and/or measuring standards.

Oh, and please ignore the colours of the lines… Excel is a real PITA when it comes to multiple series in a graph so it didn’t layer them the way I wanted. But the order of the names in the legend are roughly the order of the earliest recording stations from left to right and top to bottom.

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The past week has been a truly historic one in Ottawa, Canada. For the first time in Canadian history, a group of Canada’s Federal political parties have decided to put aside their differences and form a temporary coalition that will defeat the party with the most seats in this Minority Parliament and ask the Governor General to allow them to form government instead without an Election.

I can not help but be overjoyed with this.

I understand completely the angst of the ruling party when they complain that this would not be in keeping with the result of the Election.

I understand completely the fear of partisans within the coalition that think their parties platform could be diluted and usurped by a stronger or more radical party.

I understand completely the disgust that many have that a Federal Government would enlist the support of a Seperatist party whose outright goal is the division of Canada as a member, even if only in tacit support, of the ruling government.

And I completely understand the exasperation of many, that the antics in Ottawa are simply out of control and not in touch with the needs of Canadians.

To all those I say this. Take a step back. This is Canada. This is our Democracy. Canadians have a reputation worldwide for making compromises and working well in difficult situations. For too many years, our Parliament has been ravaged by bickering and partisanship. This, I believe, at its heart, is an attempt to restore the workings of Parliament and make it function for Canadians again, rather than to serve the party in Power.

Be proud Canada. We have a vibrant, interesting, and absolutely legitimate democracy at work.

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