"Out of interest, new data (corrected for past errors by using only reliable sources) from the United States shows their last four hottest recorded years were in order 1934, 1926, 1996 and 2004. There is no trend in that.
Dave R."
I see that you have lost none of your humour, Mr Rigorous. Out of interest, the world's ten hottest years since records began in 1850 are:
"World's 10 Warmest Years Mean Global temperature above the average (°C)
