[cogitator]

I’m sorry, I didn’t see your later post until after I posted the SSH images. My answer is no, this isn’t enough to affect decadal trends. The 1997-1998 El Nino was notable because it was so strong it pulled the 1998 temperature 0.2 C above the warming trend line.

[JustDoItAlways]

The May 2007 lower troposphere temperatures are LOWER than the October 1979 temperatures.

So that makes 26 and a half years of no warming.

http://www.remss.com/pub/msu/monthly_time_series/RSS_Monthly_MSU_AMSU_Channel_TLT_Anomalies_Land_and_Ocean_v03_0.txt