2010 Ties 2005 For Warmest Year On Record

[Mr. Rainman]

Here's the article from The Weather Channel.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/warmest-year-2010-record_2011-01-14

It makes you wonder how warm 2011 could potentially be.

[twcclassics]

You gotta be kidding me. We certainly haven't seen record warmth here! Too bad Charles doesn't post here, he'd probably have a good laugh at that news!

[Zach]

You gotta be kidding me. We certainly haven't seen record warmth here! Too bad Charles doesn't post here, he'd probably have a good laugh at that news!

Maybe in your area of the country, but for sure on the east coast it was sizzling.. we dont even see 100s in Florida yet at times reports this past summer got above it

[Localonthe8s]

You gotta be kidding me. We certainly haven't seen record warmth here! Too bad Charles doesn't post here, he'd probably have a good laugh at that news!

I concur, 2010 was unusually cool...I haven't seen much high temps

[TWCmatthew]

There were many hot points and many cool points in my area in 2010, but judging for other's comments, it looks like it all depends on your location. I also remember 2005, that was a hot year for sure. I have no heater in my pool, and my pool hit 90 degrees several times.

[Mr. Rainman]

Chattanooga saw some pretty stunning records in mid-October, when we had 2 or 3 days when the mercury broke the century mark. The local newspapers made a big deal out of it.

[phw115wvwx]

Guys, you have to think globally here.  We're talking about the average global temperature over thousands of stations on land and sea.  South America, Africa, the Middle East, parts of Russia, and Eastern Europe saw record-breaking heat.  It wasn't so hot in the United States as you all say.  Florida actually had its 7th coldest year on record!  However, it's the average that we're worried about in terms of climate change.  It may surprise you all to find out that 2010 was also deemed the wettest year on record in terms of average global precipitation.

[toxictwister00]

Chattanooga saw some pretty stunning records in mid-October, when we had 2 or 3 days when the mercury broke the century mark. The local newspapers made a big deal out of it.

It seems like everyone hit the century mark in the South except here, the highest I remember it getting this past summer was 98° like the summer before that, but the duration of the heat into October was what made this past summer heat worst than the one before. We were still seeing mid 90's up until mid October, plus it was so humid.

[TWCToday]

ZOMG GLOBAL WARMING MUST BE TRUE!!!11!11~


 

[Localonthe8s]

Guys, you have to think globally here.  We're talking about the average global temperature over thousands of stations on land and sea.  South America, Africa, the Middle East, parts of Russia, and Eastern Europe saw record-breaking heat.  It wasn't so hot in the United States as you all say.  Florida actually had its 7th coldest year on record!  However, it's the average that we're worried about in terms of climate change.  It may surprise you all to find out that 2010 was also deemed the wettest year on record in terms of average global precipitation.

it was below average when i went to toronto during the summer xD

[TWCToday]

[TWCmatthew]

I'm afraid to hear what Al Gore has to say about this. 

[WeatherWitness]

ZOMG GLOBAL WARMING MUST BE TRUE!!!11!11~


 

Ahh!!!

But anyway, Dallas can attest to a warm year (well, maybe summer). 107 degrees was our hottest high temperature; can't even remember the last time it got that warm.

And what about LA?

[twcclassics]

Didn't Russia and Europe have major snow and cold? With the news a year ago about all the less-than-accurate weather stations, I take any "warmest on record" news with a grain of salt.

[phw115wvwx]

Didn't Russia and Europe have major snow and cold? With the news a year ago about all the less-than-accurate weather stations, I take any "warmest on record" news with a grain of salt.

Yes, they did, and that's represented on the map Martin posted with the blue as it was below normal there.  However, there's a lot more red, which makes the average go up.  I'm well aware about the weather stations being problematic as well, which is why we need to improve observation quality.