More good news

posted on June 5, 2009 in

May of 2009 – Global temperatures are now just 0.04 degrees above the 20th century average. Compare and contrast with the 0.75 degrees above average we saw in 1998.

hat tip: Watts Up With That?

*update* – fixed a wayward quote mark to fix the presentation.

5 Comments »

  1. Source article? Average of _ amount of time?

    Comment by Walter R. Moore — June 5, 2009 @ 12:54 pm

  2. Also, speaking as the son of an oceanographer, one, five, or even ten years tell you only short term trends.

    Comment by Walter R. Moore — June 5, 2009 @ 12:55 pm

  3. whoops, apparently I lost a quote mark somewhere in there

    Comment by jb — June 7, 2009 @ 8:12 am

  4. I agree with you that the short term trend is not as meaningful as the long-term trend. That’s why I didn’t say something inane like ‘Global Warming has ended’.

    It’s just good news, that’s all.

    Comment by jb — June 7, 2009 @ 8:21 am

  5. Ah, yes. 1998 was clearly an outlier.

    Comment by Walter Moore — June 7, 2009 @ 9:32 pm

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