[qam1]

Globally

UAH
+0.015

RSS
+0.08

NOAA
+0.42

Looks like once again the data at the NOAA has been Hansenized.

But 3rd warmest April in New York? C’mon now. I live here and have relatives all over the state, there’s been April’s where I gone to the beach. It was a cold, miserable month through out the state. I’m sure Maryland where you live was the same, yet they have it +3° above normal

They are full of it.

[cogitator]

I don't try to analyze my anecdotal and uncategorized observations and compare them to systematic data collection and analysis. Maryland is very complex in terms of climate/weather; the mountains I'm on the edge of are a lot different than the Piedmont, and the Delmarva Peninsula is influenced by both the Atlantic and the Chesapeake Bay. So it should be clear just from that cursory description that what happened near me might not be indicative of the broader region.

New York's a reasonably big state. You've got a Great Lakes influence from both Erie and Ontario, and the Adirondacks probably have their own micro-climate, too, as well as the Finger Lakes (the wine growers love to talk about their micro-climates).

And I know I remember being uncomfortable more readily than I remember being comfortable.