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We don't really know what the "normal" temperature is, the climate is a very dynamic system without any obvious fixpoint. Here they've chosen to take the avera
by SiempreViernes 8y ago
We don't really know what the "normal" temperature is, the climate is a very dynamic system without any obvious fixpoint.
Here they've chosen to take the average over 1951-1980 and use that as the reference.
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- bequanna 8y agoWhat exactly was the rationale behind picking this period?
- stan_rogers 8y agoThe middle of that period represents "the good old days" for old farts like me, I'd suppose.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoThere was also a sizeable cold anomaly during war2, or it might simply be that the data-set gets spottier the further back you go.