U.S. experiences 4th warmest January on record; Mississippi 14th warmest

The predictions were for North America. And next week will be half way through February. What if those predictions are wrong too?

It depends on what is used to determine average temperature. In the graph I presented I took the average from 1997 - 2012, it looks like your graph is similar.
Both our charts show a downward trend, and I'll be the first to be say that a trend is not a prediction, the trend could continue downwards or rise again.
January's Global temperatures as measured from satellites show a downward trend and currently stand at -0.093 globally; -0.059 northern hemisphere; -0.127 southern hemisphere; -0.138 in the tropics.

If those predictions are wrong too then look to the person who predicted them and ask him/her questions.

Don't forget, the data prediction I supplied for next week is for temperature anomalies, it is not a weather prediction and does not predict snowfall/rain or any other weather event.
Also, be thankful you have had a warm winter, unless you're into winter sports ;)

"We think colder is normal. That seems to be what you don't get."

Oh I get it, but I don't subscribe to the view that just because the weather is different now to what it was when you were born it's wrong, broke, or dangerous.
People have been writing about climate changes for thousands of years, and that will probably continue for thousands of years to come.

You do not seem to understand that this kind of weather is bad for our agriculture. We will have drought like conditions because of the lack of spring runoff, and the ground will be like concrete in the fields because there was no frost heave. You seem to be willfully ignoring the consequences of this weather just so you can convince yourself that global climate change is not happening. Are you that terrified by the whole idea? This weather is not normal. It should not be happening.

It is wrong broke and dangerous.

"You seem to be willfully ignoring the consequences of this weather just so you can convince yourself that global climate change is not happening. "
I just don't get this. How many times have I stated that the climate is changing, has always changed and will always change? And now you tell me I deny climate change? Why?

"Are you that terrified by the whole idea?"
Blimey, absolutely not, I love all this stuff. I relish in the fact that I can watch our ever-changing climate happening right in front of my eyes. And the research is fascinating too, that's why I've had an interest in this for over fifty years.

Maybe you think this weather is not normal, but it's all you've got and you're going to have to learn to live with it because you aren't going to change it. Maybe there were times when your weather was ideal for whatever you do, but that does not mean the weather at that time was correct, and it doesn't mean the weather you have now is wrong or 'not normal'.

Then I apologize for getting the wrong impression. And I will live with it. I am certainly not in a state of panic. It seems sometimes that you are dismissive of some of the consequences of the weather to us here in Canada, and probably the U.S. and other places. It is not a question of enjoying the weather as a lot of people in my community are, (and I must admit it's pretty comfortable) but there are real economic effects to this cycle for whatever reason it is happening, as we have discussed in the past. For these reasons it is wrong, broken and dangerous. Even if it is a natural occurrence.

I don't dismiss people's concerns about the weather at all. Most peoples' lives are dependent on the weather to some extent, and we all have to adapt and learn to live with whatever climate we have.
I am no less horrified to see the fate of some people who endure severe weather than other people here, and believe me, I have been seen some severe events myself.
The only difference is I don't see these weather or climate events as being the fault of man.
Obviously, if you are enduring hardship in your life/profession due to the weather or climate then I sincerely wish you well and I hope things improve.

Very seldom do you hear anyone on this site blame man for this weather. Some do. I never have because I don't know why it's happening. I am not enduring hardship personally but I was talking to the daughter of a farmer the other day and apparently they are very concerned.

Thinkprogress.org... oh dear!!! Is that the best they can come up with?
Come on, as you well know, even the usually alarmist UK's Met Office have conceded the fact that there has been no warming for fifteen years.
Now we have some very strange people telling us that climate changes are natural, but now the change in the changes are something to be scared of.

Story so far: Earth warms naturally from a cold period. Alarmists blame man for the later portion of the warming, call it Global Warming.
Earth stops warming, alarmists rename it Climate Change, blame man.
Now it seems Climate Change is natural - it has been happening since... - now the changes in climate change are what we need to be scared of.

^^^This!

"Temperate forests require temperatures below zero to remain healthy.
So do humans."

So do humans? Ah... right... so that's why people who live in deserts have to spend weeks in a refrigerator on a regular basis. I get it now! Thanks.

The insects and weeds sure love it warm.