<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[John Cook&#8217;s Record Hot&nbsp;Year]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>In March, John Cook told us that an El Nino would make 2012 the hottest year ever, and 2013 even hotter.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/prediction-new-surface-temperature-record-2013.html">Prediction: New Surface Temperature Record in 2013</a></p></blockquote>
<p>So how did he do so far?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/mei/table.html">ENSO is higher than forecast</a> (0.09) and <a href="http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata_v3/GLB.Ts+dSST.txt">GISS is much lower than forecast</a> 0.49 for the year and tanking.</p>
<p>Solar max, no volcanoes, no excuses. It looks like 2012 will be one of the coldest years of the decade.</p>
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