Originally Posted by mkpdavies

There seems to be a GLOBAL trend going on here.

I wonder if I can find an 11 year old to help we work out what it is.

Originally Posted by Akria

From the HadCET dataset, the top twenty hottest years in Central England (actually 21 records; several positions are shared):

Year Temperature (degrees Celsius)

1733 10.47
1736 10.3
1779 10.4
1828 10.3
1834 10.47
1868 10.38
1921 10.47
1949 10.62
1959 10.48
1989 10.5
1990 10.63
1995 10.52
1997 10.53
1998 10.34
1999 10.63
2000 10.3
2002 10.6
2003 10.5
2004 10.48
2005 10.44
2006 10.82

In the entirety of the eighteenth century only three years made the top twenty; the highest got to 14th hottest.
That year was 1733.

In the entirety of the nineteenth century only three years made the top twenty; the highest got to 13th hottest.
That year was 1834.

In the entirety of the twentieth century nine years made the top twenty; the highest got to 2nd hottest.
That year was 1999.

In the twenty-first century thus far we've had six years make the top twenty; the highest got to the rank of hottest year.
That year was 2006.

Of the ten hottest years, seven occurred within the last decade.

This is only the dataset for Central England, so it's not firm evidence of global warming.
However, it does show how smaller regions can indicate a pretty firm trend, the collective evidence of which can be used to help support the idea that a definite trend in a larger region is occurring at the same time.

Originally Posted by Firefly

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Are you saying temperatures peaked in 2006?

I think you might be right, especialy looking at the global trends that now show global temperatures dropping back to levels of 100 years ago.

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Are you saying temperatures peaked in 2006?

I think you might be right, especialy looking at the global trends that now show global temperatures dropping back to levels of 100 years ago.