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A C Osborn says:
MattN, that depends upon where you look.
If you look at Raw temperature data there have been far more Cold Temperature Records set over the last 3 years than Hot ones. Record breaking Snowfalls both in amounts and in time, ie later in spring and earlier in Autumn than normal. Record breaking Antarctic Sea Ice.
Growth in Glaciers and Snow Persisting right through the summer in Scotland and other European countries.
A cold area in the North Atlantic.
All these things “could” be construed as signs of “cooling”.
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M Seward says:
AC Osborn,
I think you are right. The hemispheric difference has also been abnormally high through most of ‘the pause’. Typically it was about 0.1˚C a(lthough varying between 0.2 and 0.0˚C) with the SH being cooler than the NH. It has been around 0.3˚C for many years now which to me suggests that the SH will become the planets cooling driver. or maybe it is just the canary in the cage.