"In the spirit of transparency, I was wrong about global temp dropping
in August

The global temp DID NOT FALL in August as I had predicted it too.
Whether this a delay of my idea, or denial will be settled in the
spring. In the meantime the .51 was slightly cooler than the .52 in
August of 1998 and means this year still trails the warmest satellite
year on record, 1998"


http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/bast...urope-blog.asp

The near surface temperatures at the moment are higher than 1998

http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutem....csh?amsutemps