by dilbert » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:31 am
CoolChick: Good point. If you compare daily highs I'm sure this last summer wasn't much if any above average. Same thing if you compare nightly lows. However, if you compare daily average temperature, it might turn out to be a greater amount above average. Like you say, it's all a matter of how you slice and dice the actual data. That being said, our local weather is only a small part of the bigger picture and whether or not our local temperatures were higher or not doesn't really impact my assessment of whether or not global warming is occurring or not. It's worldwide temperature trends that matter. It might cool down in certain localities dispite an overall heating pattern. Of course that doesn't mean that the worldwide data isn't being presented in a misleading manner.