Hans wrote:
On 17 Apr 2006 06:22:36 -0700, "basskisser"
wrote:

What has happened with the world's average temperature since the late
90s?

It's risen: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/ftpdata/tavegl2v.dat


The chart has no headers or delimiters. I have no idea what the values
mean.



Any set of world temperature figures that does not show a significant
dip in 1992/1993 is instantly suspect in my mind. I remember that the
water mains froze in this city (Sudbury, ON). Everybody on city water
had to leave their taps running all winter to stop the freeze up.

It was a temporary effect from the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. But it did
cause temperatures to plunge world wide (plunge a fraction of a degree,
that is, but that's all we're ever talking about except in silly
movies). How come that data just vanished? How come so many global
warming articles talk about a "steady increase in temperatures" since
1988? (well, they change the year around a bit)

Granted, 1988 was hot. I remember a big fire in Yellowstone that year.
It was also a solar max year in the sunspot cycle. As was 98/99.
According to some we've been cooling since. I don't necessarily trust
their figures either. Last year the sun was extraordinarily busy for
what should have been a solar minimum. But here I am thinking global
warming is caused by the sun. How silly am I?