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beneficii
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04 Dec 2014, 3:53 pm

And the 38th straight year above average:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... -measured/

Nevertheless, I remember how cool this summer was in my part of the USA, and so was a bit pleased to see this:

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Above-average temperatures were recorded in parts of South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. In fact, the United States was the only cool spot in an otherwise sweltering world.


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05 Dec 2014, 4:48 pm

beneficii wrote:
And the 38th straight year above average:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... -measured/

Nevertheless, I remember how cool this summer was in my part of the USA, and so was a bit pleased to see this:

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Above-average temperatures were recorded in parts of South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. In fact, the United States was the only cool spot in an otherwise sweltering world.
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How long have temperature records been kept. We did not have reliable thermometers prior to the middle of the 18 th century and we had no thermometers prior to the 17 th century.

So what does "hottest year on record" really mean. I can say without hesitation that during the eruption of the Siberian Traps the temperature was much hotter than it is now.


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