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So what do we see in the Pacific region? We see that the region was warmer than today around the first World War, and about the same as today around World War II (+.2 vs +.4, which is insignificant and in the error bars). We also see massive station drop outs in 1997, after which the temperature finally breaks out of the standard deviation range and starts rising in true hockey stick fashion. The number of stations in this region began at around 30, peaked at around 710, and then dropped back to around 120-160.
Looking at this region alone it there is no clear indication of ‘global’ warming, human made or otherwise. Let’s move onto South America:
Thanks for the link. Will check it out later. I wonder if Phil Jones realizes that when he stated there has been no statistically significant warming in the last 15 years, that the time frame includes the 1997/1998 El Nino. Always wondered about those record breaking atmospheric temps. That El Nino occurred during a cold sun cycle (after minimum) and really would have had a hard time setting large scale atmospheric temp records. Obviously tropical and sub tropical Pacific waters were warm, but did it really affect the Globe significantly ? According to Phil, no. Unless of course he misspoke and meant to say 12 years.