Scientist claims that July 2023 is the hottest July in 120,000 years.
My question is: how can scientists accurately and reproducibly state this is [the hottest month of July globally in 120,000 years](https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/the-hottest-july-in-120-000-years-what-s-in-store-for-australia-this-summer-20230719-p5dpm3.html)?
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They can’t. Simply impossible. They can guess, estimate, use science to make assumptions, but it is quite impossible to accurately state ANY temperature more than about two hundred years ago. And, even now, a “global temperature” is nothing more than an average of “assumed accurate” thermometers in few locations around the world.
Example, there is a slightly depressed area in the town I live in, with a road that passes through it. There are no thermometers in that area, and the temperature there is ALWAYS 5-10 degrees lower than the surrounding area. Therefore, the temp in that area is not factored in to the “global temperature” or even the LOCAL temperature.
What does that mean? We can’t even accurately know the CURRENT global temperature.
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