“Scoop: NOAA is suspending its long-running monthly media calls on climate stats and climate change, blaming lack of staff. Some other hints at why are in the story:”
Every month NOAA has been performing a comedy routine where they show fake red hot maps based on imaginary data.
“Please Note: Gray areas represent missing data”
I for one am shocked that we don’t have long-term reliable temperature data from the African country of Sudan. 🙂