On Monday, March 11, 2013 11:22:45 PM UTC, Alastair wrote:
"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message

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Seriously though, globally, what's the score ?



Australia has just had the hottest summer ever and the US 48 contiguous

states have just had their hottest year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/env...g-history.html



Since that new item NASA has reported:

"NASA Finds Long-Term Climate Warming Trend"

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...15jan_warming/



and



"Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North's Growing Seasons

"http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/10mar_greenhouseshift/



Meanwhile the Sun is fading with NASA saying "We are currently over four

years into Cycle 24. The current predicted and observed size makes this the

smallest sunspot cycle since Cycle 14 which had a maximum of 64.2 in

February of 1906."

http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml



It is not just the weather that is Chaotic. The climate is too. Global

warming does not mean temperatures rise evenly all over the globe.



Cheers, Alastair.

Thanks for the replies, it was a serious question and had always believed that the coolness was just a 'local' variation in the big scheme of things. I just wonder what the next phase is going to bring?

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"