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Very nice animation! Data is suspect, though -- US 1937 should be bright red, not pale yellow. 1937 had record heat wave in US.
by ratboy666 7y ago
Very nice animation! Data is suspect, though -- US 1937 should be bright red, not pale yellow. 1937 had record heat wave in US.
- emj 7y agoIt's probably ok but you could look at the source data and be more specific, averages and base indexes can play tricks on the visualization. From the video: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gisstemp https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gisstemp Data source NASA GISS, GISTEMP Land-Ocean Temprature Index (LOTI), ERSSTv5, 12000km square smoothing. Average of monthly temprature anaomolies. GISTEMP base period 1951-1980.
- phaemon 7y ago...which followed one of the coldest winters on record, which brings the average down.