Latest NOAA temperature measurements for the U.S. have been published. This major climate agency confirms what Americans have known for the last decade: GLOBAL WARMING IS DEAD! GLOBAL COOLING LIVES! -- well, at least in the continental U.S.
2013 now ranks as the 6th coldest year in the U.S. since 1990. Over the last 15 16 years, the American populace has been a reluctant spectator to a per century cooling trend of minus 3.8°F. Ugh.
In summary, the "accelerating," "unequivocal" and "unprecedented" global warming hysteria of anti-growth greens and Obama-leftists takes another natural climate dagger in the back.
Additional regional and global temperature charts. To display above NOAA/NCDC chart, go here and use these display options.
Update Note: A reader informed me of a typo. In producing this chart map, the 16-year trend from that was used in the above headline and text body as the 15-year trend. My bad. Correct 15-year cooling trend for continental U.S. is minus 2.1°F per century. The correct 16-year cooling trend is minus 3.8°F per century.