Evidence suggests that average worldwide temperatures did decrease between the 1940s and the 1970s. (discovermagazine.com)
And then they only consider how the most recent season compares to the previous three years in terms of worldwide temperatures, he said. (scientificamerican.com)
During the first five months of 1988, he said, average worldwide temperatures were the highest in the 130 years that records have been kept. (climateaudit.org)