Dalton Minimum now possible according to NASA

Russ Steele

In December 2006 I wrote a paper published on the SESF Website that forecast the return of a Dalton Minimum climate pattern.  Details here, at the bottom of the page. 

Cooler Temps - Dalton Minimum Returns?

Global warming hype could be masking a more immediate climate problem. A problem that could have a larger impact on our lives than global warming over the next 20 years. Solar scientists have predicted the return of the Dalton Minimum, which was the result of two low intensity sunspot cycles lasting over 28 years. During the early 1800s the average temperatures in the Mid West were 2-4 degrees cooler than the 20th Century average. In many areas it was much dryer than average, especially along the California coast. We have already started to see some ocean cooling as we leave sunspot cycle 23 and enter sunspot cycle 24, the first of the two predicted minimum cycles.

See the latest post at my blog the Dalton Minimum Returns. NASA is now saying that a Dalton Minimum repeat is possible according to David Archibald in a guest post at Watts Up With That

NASA’s David Hathaway has adjusted his expectations of Solar Cycle 24 downwards. He is quoted in the New York Times here Specifically, he said:

” Still, something like the Dalton Minimum — two solar cycles in the early 1800s that peaked at about an average of 50 sunspots — lies in the realm of the possible.”

Details at the  Dalton Minimum Returns.