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Whoops! Hottest Years Were in 1930s

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:34 PM EDT

Was 1998 the hottest year in United States history, as most reporting on climate change has presumed? Or was that record set back in 1934 before "global warming" became a scary household phrase?

A corrective tweak to National Aeronautics and Space Administration's formulation shows that the hottest year on record in the United States indeed was back during the Dust Bowl days.

Put another way, the new figures show that 4 of the 10 warmest years in the United States occurred during the 1930s, not more recently. This caused a stir among those critical of the push to stem human-induced climate change.

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bmvaughn

I'm still on the fence as to whether climate change is human-induced. Leaning towards no... especially with the recent Mars data which shows warming there as well. Seems more solar than SUVs to me.

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Reply#1 - Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:35 PM EDT
bmvaughn

Interesting additional analysis about the effect of spreading urbanization on climate stations.

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Reply#2 - Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:37 PM EDT