In 144 I used the phrase «temperature extremes have gotten enormously hotter» which I meant as a paraphrase of Tamino who wrote: «any way you slice it severe hot outliers are increasing.» (realclimate.org)
See the recent Tamino post for more information. (realclimate.org)
(Not that WFT compares with what Tamino does, but quite often we can get similar results with limited knowledge of statistical techniques. (tamino.wordpress.com)