It should come as no surprise that President Barack Obama persists in being untruthful about climate change. His record for veracity is abysmal.

He did it again a few days ago, insisting that, “We know climate change is not a distant threat … most Americans see climate change hitting their communities through extreme weather events – from more severe droughts and wildfires to more powerful hurricanes and record heat waves …”

But they don’t. The frequency and severity of hurricanes has not increased.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists studied hurricanes since 1878 and found what may have been a slight increase. But statistically, “this trend is so small … that it is not significantly distinguishable from zero,” they noted.

“It is premature to conclude that human activities – and particularly greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming – have already had a detectable impact on Atlantic hurricane activity,” NOAA concluded.

So the science really is settled. If there is a “denier” in this case, it clearly is Obama.