Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across US

I'll post both graphs so they make a bit more sense when in context.

NCDC: Global Surface Temperature Anomalies




Figure 1. Global temperature according to NASA GISS data since 1980. The red line shows annual data, the larger red square a preliminary value for 2009, based on January-August. The green line shows the 25-year linear trend (0.19 ºC per decade). The blue lines show the two most recent ten-year trends (0.18 ºC per decade for 1998-2007, 0.19 ºC per decade for 1999-2008) and illustrate that these recent decadal trends are entirely consistent with the long-term trend and IPCC predictions. Even the highly “cherry-picked†11-year period starting with the warm 1998 and ending with the cold 2008 still shows a warming trend of 0.11 ºC per decade (which may surprise some lay people who tend to connect the end points, rather than include all ten data points into a proper trend calculation).


Here is the basic rundown on the "warming pause" argument:

More information on the "warming pause"

In the mean time I'll look for the NOAA graph as well but I seriously need to go make something to eat!

 

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