2010 Ties 2005 For Warmest Year On Record

[twcclassics]

Yes, they did, and that's represented on the map Martin posted with the blue as it was below normal there.

Oh yah. I'm surprised the midwest is red. It certainly didn't seem above normal. We had record snows in winter and our summer was rather cool. There was hardly any days above 90, let alone 100.

[phw115wvwx]

Oh yah. I'm surprised the midwest is red. It certainly didn't seem above normal. We had record snows in winter and our summer was rather cool. There was hardly any days above 90, let alone 100.

It's not by much though.  Note how small the red dots are over your area.  That means it was just a degree or two above normal.  You're looking at just high temperatures, but what about your lows?  In the end, the average temperature from each day is what counts.  I know my area broke all kinds of records for low temperatures being so high back in summer despite only having a few high temperatures breaking records.

[TWCmatthew]

Oh yah. I'm surprised the midwest is red. It certainly didn't seem above normal. We had record snows in winter and our summer was rather cool. There was hardly any days above 90, let alone 100.

It's not by much though.  Note how small the red dots are over your area.  That means it was just a degree or two above normal.  You're looking at just high temperatures, but what about your lows?  In the end, the average temperature from each day is what counts.  I know my area broke all kinds of records for low temperatures being so high back in summer despite only having a few high temperatures breaking records.

Yeah, one night in the summer here in Monroe, MI the low didn't drop below 80 or 82.
Once in mid-late October, the low was in the mid 70s!

[Mike M]

2005? Shouldn't that say 2006? I swear I remember hearing that year being the warmest on record...

[Localonthe8s]

Yes and 2007 was really warm too

[P71nnacle]

Just remember to average your temps globally, and I'm happy. Just because 09-10 was a cold and snowy winter here doesn't mean it was an icebox elsewhere. And anyone who mentions politics gets to deal with Goobah,  the Global Warming Caveman Smiley. Survivors get to deal with me. 

Simply put, anyone who accuses the United States of being cold, and thus disproving climate change globally, should look at a hemispheric 500-mb map. If you can't read that, you have no business discussing weather, climate, or politics of the foresaid, at least in my view. (I'll even provide a source for one:  http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/HEMI500/5dayloop.html).