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One Response to “2013 Will Finish One Of The Ten Coldest Years In US History, With The Largest Drop In Temperature | Real Science”

1. Ian Alterman said:

   I can always tell when something is bogus when I go to the website provided and find that it is providing the EXACT SAME wording, graphics, etc. as EVERY OTHER PSEUDOSCIENCE website on the Internet.

   First, NASA does not determine global temperature or climate change.

   Second the NOAA – which DOES provide global temperature and climate change information – has the following (and has had it for some time, meaning it has not “played” with the numbers, the way the website snarkily suggests):

   •The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for November 2013 was record highest for the 134-year period of record, at 0.78°C (1.40°F) above the 20th century average of 12.9°C (55.2°F).
   •The global land surface temperature was 1.43°C (2.57°F) above the 20th century average of 5.9°C (42.6°F), the second highest for November on record, behind 2010. For the global oceans, the November average sea surface temperature was 0.54°C (0.97°F) above the 20th century average of 15.8°C (60.4°F), tying with 2009 as the third highest for November.
   •The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the September–November period was 0.68°C (1.22°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.1°F), the second warmest such period on record, behind only 2005.
   •The September–November worldwide land surface temperature was 1.08°C (1.94°F) above the 20th century average, the third warmest such period on record. The global ocean surface temperature for the same period was 0.52°C (0.94°F) above the 20th century average, tying with 2009 and 2012 as the fourth warmest September–November on record.
   •The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the year-to-date (January–November) was 0.62°C (1.12°F) above the 20th century average of 14.0°C (57.2°F), tying with 2002 as the fourth warmest such period on record.

   Finally, the World Meteorological Organization – which is the PRIMARY provider of global temperature and climate change information – has the following:

   “The world is on track to have its 7th warmest year on record in 2013, which is up from 2012, which was the globe’s 9th warmest year…[T]he January to September period tied with 2003 for the 7th warmest such period on record, with an average global surface temperature that was 0.86°F above the 1961-1990 average. In addition, global average sea level reached a record high this year, with an average rate of increase of 0.13 inches per year, which is double the observed 20th century rate. Sea level is rising because of melting polar ice caps and warming ocean temperatures that cause the water to expand over time…[T]emperatures in 2013 are about the same as the average annual temperature during 2001-2010, which was the warmest decade on record…All of the warmest years have been since 1998 and this year once again continues the underlying, long-term trend…The coldest years now are warmer than the hottest years before 1998.”

   Let’s stay away from the pseudoscience and stick with the real science, shall we?

   Posted on 30-Dec-13 at 12:28 am | Permalink