NOAA showed record heat in the Congo during August 2023 – but they didn’t have any thermometer data.
This claimed data is completely fake. It doesn’t exist.
Global Mapping | Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Global Time Series | Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
CRUTEM5 shows records beginning in 1941
Temperature data (HadCRUT, CRUTEM,, HadCRUT5, CRUTEM5) Climatic Research Unit global temperature
“International Team of Specialists Finds No End in Sight to 30?Year Cooling Trend in Northern Hemisphere
Data from the Southern Hemisphere, particularly south of latitude 30 south, are so meager that reliable conclusions are not possible, the report says.”
The NASA GHCN selector shows that there was no GHCN data at that location in August 2023.
2°30’00.0″S 22°30’00.0″E – Google Maps
This was the only station with data in the Congo
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
The data they have is from next to an airport runway in a large urban area
4°23’09.6″S 15°26’42.0″E – Google Maps
NASA claims that there were a number of GHCN stations around the Congo which had data from 1936, but most of the claimed data doesn’t exist.
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4): Station Data
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
The combined conurbation of Kinshasa-Brazzaville has about 12 million inhabitants.
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Data.GISS: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (v4)
Here is all the daily temperature data NOAA has for Congo Brazzaville
The data for Congo Kinshasha is even worse
