According to NOAA, 2012 was the most extreme year on record in the US. The fraud which goes into making the Climate Extremes Index is breathtaking.

U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI): Graph | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Let’s look at the actual data of 2012 vs. 1936. The summer of 1936 was the hottest on record in the US – nearly 1°C warmer than 2012.

The winter of 1936 was the third coldest on record in the US – more than 4°C colder than winter 2012 – which was very mild.

One hundred degree temperatures occurred more than twice as often in 1936 as they did in 2012 – which wasn’t even in the top ten.

More than 75% of the country reached 100 F in 1936, compared to 55% in 2012 – which wasn’t in the top five.

During 1936, Fort Yates, North Dakota had an incomprehensibly large 169 degree spread in temperatures, from -50F on February 16, to 119F on July 6.

The high plains were twelve degrees above normal temperature in July, 1936

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