Skeptic Project

The data on 2010 is in.

Scientists from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) have both concluded 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest year in the global surface temperature record, dating back to 1880.

The NASA analysis was performed using a combination of over 1000 surface observation stations, sea-surface temperature data sampled via satellite, and Antarctic research station measurements.

"If the warming trend continues, as is expected, if greenhouse gases continue to increase, the 2010 record will not stand for long," said James Hansen, director of NASA-GISS, in a press release.

Record-setting heatwaves, most notably in Russia and the Middle East, but also in parts of the East and southern U.S. this summer put an exclamation point on a record year.

This record warm year occurred despite a frigid start and end to the year in the Eastern U.S. and Europe.

A two-week stretch from Nov. 24 to Dec. 7 was the coldest such two-week period in Central England since 1772!

Let's step through some of the imagery of a record warm year on the globe.

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

We have snow on the ground. C'mon, global warming is fake, snow proves it!