"Dan" wrote:

NOAA: Coolest December-February Since 2001 for U.S., Globe

So?

http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailin...oldWeather.pdf

"Weather fluctuations or 'noise' have a noticeable effect even on
monthly-mean
global-mean temperature, especially in Northern Hemisphere winter. Weather
has
little effect on global-mean temperature averaged over several months or
more.
The primary cause of variations on time scales from a few months to a few
years is ocean dynamics, especially the Southern Oscillation (El Nino - La
Nina cycle),"

The NOAA article specifically mentioned Global as well as NA
temperatures....

It's only a couple of months. Let's wait and see the 5-year trend. Weather
is fast; climate is slow.



(I can't help myself -- somebody hep me!)

Don't look at me.

This is all Denny's fault.