U.S. Temperature Update for May 2012: +1.26 deg. C « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.

The corresponding USHCN anomaly computed relative to the same base period was +1.65 deg. C, with nearly double my warming trend (+0.27 deg. C/decade).

Terrifying Report Says Earth May Be Reaching A 'Tipping Point' | Jillian Rayfield | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Those reality show contestants competing for a bunker might not be so crazy after all.

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Spring 2012: most extreme season in U.S. history | Weather Underground

Each of the 12 months from June 2011 through May 2012 ranked among the warmest third of their historical distribution for the first time in the 1895-present record. According to NCDC, the odds of this occurring randomly during any particular month are 1 in 531,441. Thus, we should only see one more 12-month period so warm between now and 46,298 AD--assuming the climate is staying the same as during the past 118 years.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: US warmest year on record?

US warmest year on record?? maybe but globe is cooling. 6 years previous, last year, 3 yr trend pic.twitter.com/uXoZi41t