On Mar 29, 8:27*pm, Roger Coppock wrote:
On Mar 29, 11:14*am, wrote:

Roger has essentially acknowledged in his original post that February
2009 ISN'T the hottest February on record in the northern hemisphere,
but only the 14th hottest. *So Roger's post isn't talking about peak

12th not 14th

temperatures -- about points on the chart that may prove to be
outliers vis a vis the general trend.

Roger is implicitly making an argument about the general trend, and
indicating that the February 2009 data fits into that trend.

Yes! *It's very good to see someone can read.

Except for the fact that I misread "12th" for "14th," that is. :-)

But yeah, your implicit argument is clear, and you don't make the
claim that February 2009 is the hottest on record. So you're already
taking for granted that some previous February was warmer. Pointing
out that some previous February was warmer, as if this is a refutation
of your post, is just foolish.