HadCRUT anomaly August, 2010
Last summer we were told that the heat wave in Moscow was evidence of global warming. This claim is ridiculous, as we can see in HadCRUT data. The center of the heat wave was located in grid cell 47.5N, 37.5E, which is no warmer now than it was when HadCRUT records began there around 1875.
Also note that the heat wave covered only a small portion of Russia, and that our friends no longer talk about Moscow – which has averaged 21F since the start of December.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pFcuuErdY-A
The HadCRUT graph starting around 1875 reminds me of this Richard Lindzen video about starting points and adjustments in scale in global warming graphs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsMV5-NRp2Y