On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:14:52 -0500, Steve Barker
wrote:

it was hotter the entire year of 1934.


Not true.

1934 was the third warmest year in the U.S. but only ranks 48th
warmest globally.

2012 from Jan. to May ranks the 10th warmest with May ranking the 2nd
warmest May globally. We'll have to see how the year finishes.

Globally, the 20 warmest years have all occurred since 1987.
The temps are gathered from world wide weather service records,
include land and ocean temps with the mean being averaged between
1901 and 2000.


Mike