> If more min records are broken, then I would expect the average to be going down not up. You would expect so but the data about temperature anomalies suggest

> If more min records are broken, then I would expect the average to be going down not up. You would expect so but the data about temperature anomalies suggests the opposite: Annual 2019 Average Temperature Anomalies in USA: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/201913/supplemental/page-2 https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/201913/supplemental/... Global Temperature Anomaly Mapping at a glance: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/ https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/ Global Climate Summary in 2019 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201912 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201912