So what am I talking about ? Well the general consensus of opinion is that with Global Warming the world is steadily getting hotter, and this is all due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide. In my previous post I had posted the temperature record for a single city in about the center of the country, where it was warmer in the Dust Bowl days,than today, and the warming trend we are now seeing had only been going on since the mid-40's. And so I got my hand spanked, because "you can't generalize from a single point". So herewith the temperature records for places in the states in a strip from the Canadian border to the Mexican one. The name takes you to the record, and it's a government site - and we know that they wouldn't lie to you (grin). And this time I am not drawing any conclusions, just pointing out the facts, but also that there has leen a lot of variation over the years.

Let's start in North Dakota - how about Bismark, N.D.

. Then we move to South Dakota, so how about Rapid City

Then there is Nebraska - let's check Lincoln

And so we come to Kansas, and Wichita

And still heading south we come to Oklahoma, let's pick Oklahoma City

And so we come to Texas, and on to Abilene

You know, it's a funny thing, but to me it looks as though in almost all these cases it was hotter during the Dust Bowl days than it is now, just as it was for the lone example that I used before.

I was talking to an acquaintance in Missouri the other day, and she was saying that the rain, what there was of it, was getting dirtier. Which is not a good sign. And if, in fact, we are going back towards those days in the 1930's, particularly in the Mid-West, then one has to wonder how successful the transition to a biofueled economy is going to be.

Grin, and in fairness I guess I should also add a couple of spots from the fringes - from the Great State of California we have Sacremento

And, for our Big Apple friends, where else but Central Park

Oddly the temperature change is not that consistent if one looks at Albany

But if I were to make a comment there, I might get my hand slapped again. So I give you this data for your comment.