2013 the fourth hottest year in the UAH record
Sou | 8:07 PM
This won't be pleasing news to anyone, let alone (Watson and) the deniers at WUWT. From WUWT ( archived here):
2013 was the fourth warmest year in the satellite era, trailing only 1998, 2010 and 2005, according to Dr. John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The warmest areas during the year were over the North Pacific and the Antarctic, where temperatures for the year averaged more than 1.4 C (more than 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal. There were small areas of cooler than normal temperatures scattered about the globe, including one area over central Canada where temperatures were 0.6 C (about 1.1 degrees Fahrenheit) cooler than the 30-year norm.
The Antarctic was much warmer than 'normal'
All sorts of things should shake the faith of the denialati, not least of which is the fact that according to UAH analysis, the Antarctic was one of the warmest areas - where temperatures for the year averaged more than 1.4 C (more than 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal.
After all their recent ravings over sea ice around Antarctica, that should have given the deniers at WUWT pause.
I've done a quick chart of annual UAH annual global lower troposphere temperature anomalies, up to and including 2013:
Despite this, the denial continues - from the WUWT comments
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