There has been a lot of debate recently regarding whether Global
warming is actually taking place, or whether it is only happening in
certain regions of the World, such as North West Europe, and in
particular the British Isles.

Now much of the basis for Global Warming, although not exclusively, has
been placed on the Central England Temperature series (CET), which
clearly shows a warming trend since 1900, I would like to throw down a
challenge for others to join in and find similar temperature series for
the six (6) locations on each of the Worlds continents as listed below.
I will then create graphs from the data.

You maybe be wondering why I don't just gather the data myself, and
the simple answer is I don't know where to start looking, and
probably don't have the required authority with the relevant
organisations.

Ideally I'm looking for links to data from the following locations
since circa 1900, although similar locations with a sizeable amount of
data will suffice, as I believe these will throw substantial weight
behind whether Global Warming is, or is not taking place.

Europe
CET Series:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research...HadCET_act.txt

Iceland, Reykjavik
Russia, Moscow
Greece, Athens
Spain, Madrid
Germany, Berlin
Norway, Oslo


North America

USA, New York
USA, Oklahoma
USA, Miami
USA, Los Angeles
Canada, Vancouver
Canada, Churchill


Central & South America

Mexico, Mexico City
Colombia, Bogota
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Chile, Santiago
Falkland Islands, Port Stanley


Africa

South Africa, Cape Town
Egypt, Cairo
Nigeria, Lagos
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Senegal, Dakar
Congo, Kinshasa


Asia

Japan, Tokyo
India, New Delhi
China, Hong Kong
UAE, Dubai
Thailand, Bangkok
Syria, Damascus


Australasia

Australia, Sydney
Australia, Perth
Australia, Darwin
Australia, Alice Springs
Australia, Melbourne
New Zealand, Wellington

This challenge will be posted on the following three sites only, I
thank anyone that contributes to this project in advance.

Google uk.sci.weather
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.sci.weather?lnk=lr
Weatherchat: http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=16030
Met-Monkey: http://www.met-monkey.co.uk/weather.forum/index.php