Where Did All The Global Warming Go?

Are you like some who look back on our chilly summer and think maybe all this global warming stuff is nonsense?

Well, have a gander at this data from National Climatic Data Centre. (Click on the image to get a bigger view.)

That map image compiles surface temperatures from around the world for July of this year. Red dot means warmer than the base period. Blue dot means cooler. You'll note we're in an area covered in blue dots. But look at all those frickin red dots.

Need more proof that you can't judge global climate based on local weather? (Are you listening Rex Murphy? Oh... probably not.)

For the record, data for May and June looks similar.

I found this info thanks to Peter Sinclair's excellent Climate Crock of the Week video blog (which I watched via DeSmog Blog). If you're interested in more on the climate-change-denier myth of 1998 being the hottest year on record, check this out....