Generally in my opinion, it will be possible to talk about the progress on the market and potential steady upward trend only after end of current year and it's results. (goodereader.com)
The latter continues a fairly steady upward trend while the surface temperatures and upper ocean heat content undergo a hiatus in warming after about 2004. (rmets.org)
My analysis in the Upper Midwest (2003) shows steady upward trends in temperatures and dewpoints, but more like acceleration in earlier seasonal snowmelt runoff. (realclimate.org)