Here is a chart put out by the National Climate Data Center, which shows the record tempuratures by state through 2003. And in it, some rather telling data are found.
For instance:
- the earliest record was 1888 (Colorado) -- which occurred shortly after they began keeping these records.
- the most recent record was in 1995 (Connecticut)
- the year that set the most state heat records was 1936 (14 states)
- the year with the second number of state heat records was 1994 (5). But of those 5, 3 of them were tied for records that had been set on earlier years.
- 24 state heat records were set in the 1930s. 4 times the number of the runner up '90s (6). Third place: 1910-1919 (5)
I'm not a scientist. I don't even play one on TV. But it's pretty obvious that data like this certainly suggests that there might just be other factors at play when it comes to the Earth's climate; Factors that might even make us humans seem insignificant. But then again, it may have been all those jet-liners flying around that contributed to the record temps of 1911.
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