[olezip]

Warming about 0.1C per decade since that timeframe, see http://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/ To start exactly at 1998 to derive a trend is pretty much the definition of cherry picking.

Good link! I stand corrected. But is has been pretty cool outside this week.

[palmer]

Well if you are in the middle or eastern US we have been blessed with a cool low pressure system up in eastern Canada that has been more powerful than the Bermuda high. See the 10 day forecast loop here: http://weather.unisys.com/gfs/gfs.php?inv=0&plot=850&region=us&t=l Whenever the 90's air makes a run for us here in VIrginia, another batch of cool air comes to the rescue.