2013 one of 10 coldest years since 1895

But … A TV newsperson last week said 2013 was one of the hottest years ever. Hottest E-V-E-R.

Chart here http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/12/a-frigid-2013-draws-to-a-close.php

shows average temperatures recorded at all NOAA stations.

“As Real Science points out, and as we have noted several times, NOAA does not report temperatures as they are actually recorded at the time. Rather, NOAA alters the historical record to make past temperatures look lower so as to bolster its bogus global warming claims:

“’NOAA will reporting something very different, because they subtract up to 1.7 degrees from older temperatures. Essentially all reported US warming is due to a hockey stick of temperature adjustments, which makes the past appear to be much colder than what the thermometers measured at the time. (They of course do not mention this in their press releases.)”’

(The real chart shows that annual fluctuations are nowhere near a hockey stick, but absolutely like a Pogo stick.)