NASA reports hottest January to August on record .....

[RedEarth]

Last month, NASA reported it was the hottest January-July on record, along with the analysis, “July 2010 — What Global Warming Looks Like <1>,” which noted that 2010 is “likely” to be warmest year on record.

This month continues the trend of 2010 outpacing previous years, according to NASA <2>:

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/2010vs2005+1998.gif

It seems all but certain we will outpace 1998, which currently ties for fourth hottest year in the NASA dataset <3> (though it is technically described by NASA folks as tied for the second hottest year with 2005 and 2007).

Outpacing 2005, the hottest year on record, will be closer. In NASA’s surface-based dataset, we are unlikely to set the record monthly temperatures for the rest of this year; last month wasn’t close to the hottest August for NASA. We have entered a moderate La Niña, which NOAA says <4> is “expected to last at least through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2010-11.”

Interestingly, while the disinformers have been breathlessly touting the La Niña as sure to cool things down rapidly, global temperatures have held up quite well, even in the satellite datasets, which are typically sensitive to the El Niño Southern oscillation (ENSO). The more trustworthy RSS <5> data for August is not yet up, but even the UAH <6> data for the lower troposphere shows August 2010 having almost an identical temperature to 1998, which was the hottest August on record.

http://climateprogress.org/2010/09/12/nasahottest-january-to-august-on-record/print/

[budkin]

1. Where are the Repukes mocking Al Gore now??

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Aah, it's just sunspots

And there's heating on Mars.

But most of all, lalalalalalalalala I can't hear you lalalalalalalalalala

[SheilaT]

3. But, but,

I keep on being told by reliable people that the planet has actually cooled off in the last decade or so. How is this "hottest January to August on record" possible if we're cooling off?

I know, I know, the "cooling off" claim is a flat lie, totally unsupported by an real evidence or data.

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, RedEarth.

[defendandprotect]

5. Isn't this like the 12th or more consecutive hottest years ever..... ?

scanned the article quickly but didn't see a reference to that--!!

[greenman3610]

6. the datasets have some differences

But in the Nasa set,
2005 was hottest, -- 2007, 2009, and 1998 are a tie for second.
2008 was the "coolest" year of the decade, but still warmer than
any year of the 90s except 98, as well as probably the previous thousand or so years.

[defendandprotect]

8. Think your info pretty much agrees with what I'm saying ... every year is increasingly hotter ....

but too much of this reality is still being hidden from the public --

and I have no current info on this -- so I'll just watch for some new info!

Thanks for keeping us posted on this !!

:)

[swilton]

7. There's no shortage of evidence

There's a shortage of political will.

[defendandprotect]

9. Agree . . . and those who created this mess are still controlling our political will--!!

[Lucky Luciano]

10. Of course it is even more important what the polar temp differences are

Though many ecosystems away from the poles are also sensitive to such changes too of course.