If so, can you tell me where you got this information? Several people have linked the right-wing Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070814/NATION02/108140063
I thought at least the Times fact checked its information. Apparently not.
Here is the data correction in question:
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.D.txt
"Contiguous 48 U.S. Surface Air Temperature Anomaly"
Notice the key words: "Contiguous 48 U.S....Temperature Anomaly"
This was not a global temperature correction, it was a small lower-48 states correction. On top of that, it does not show that 1934 was the hottest year even in the US. It shows that 1934 was the hottest year in the US in comparison to the surrounding 30 year average (that's where the "anomaly" comes in). The 30 years around 1934 were much colder than recent years, so in reality 1934 wasn't even a warm year
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/warming/
Can conservatives get the facts straight please?
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