Heat waves and global warming.

For those who think the current hot summer in Australia is "proof" of global warming, you do have to take a global view. As we are setting records for heat waves, the U.S. is setting record cold temps.

From wattsupwiththat.com:

Lots of new cold and snow records in the USA this past week.


From the “weather is not climate” department. 815 new snowfall records, 304 low temperature, and 403 lowest max temperature records were set this week.





Here’s a summary:Record Events for Sun Dec 6, 2009 through Sat Dec 12, 2009
Total Records: 2601
Rainfall: 992
Snowfall: 815
High Temperatures: 36
Low Temperatures: 304
Lowest Max Temperatures: 403
Highest Min Temperatures: 51


Data from NOAA via the HW map generator