(author here) As I said in the article, I was hoping to find more data sets from around the world (five different ones would have been nice), but I really coul

(author here) As I said in the article, I was hoping to find more data sets from around the world (five different ones would have been nice), but I really couldn't find anything else comparable to the Japanese cherry blossom records. Yes, of course, we have plenty more evidence of a different variety: paleohistorical records, temperature models, and very comprehensive modern-era measurements. But nothing else "that has been consistently recorded, in writing, more-or-less annually, for the past 1,000+ years". I'm not trying to prove or disprove global warming either, think of my article as just the icing on the cake.