The most recent 13 complete calendar years, from 2002 through 2014, have averaged 0.18 °C (about 0.33 °F) warmer than the 30 - year baseline average, while the global temperature
trend during that span was a warming trend at the rate of +0.05 °C per decade — which is also statistically insignificant.
Rereading the statement above I'm guessing that while 17 years is necessary to identify warming, the absence of such
a trend during that span is not sufficient to rule warming out.
Not exact matches
During her presentation at the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics conference in Oakland, California, this week, Learning List's president, Jackie Lain, will address some of the critical attributes to consider as well as some of the grade
span - specific
trends to be aware of when purchasing new mathematics materials.
«When the fluctuations in temperature over the last 32 years (which tend to obscure the continuation of the global warming
trend) are accounted for, it becomes obvious that there has not been any cessation, or even any slowing, of global warming over the last decade (or at any time
during this time
span).
«In this case the 1979 - 2009 interval is a 31 - year
span during which the upward
trend in surface data strongly suggests a climate - scale warming process.