We had a look at the recent Global Temperature Data from the Climate Research Unit on the following link: -
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/hadcrut3vgl.txt
The results show June as having a decrease in world temperatures compared to the "Warm Years".
The CO2Sceptics forecast for Global Temps during 2008, is that World Temperatures will not be at the same level of the "Warm Years". The Sun is not expected to be with the more familiar, constant and predictable higher than average output we have seen for the past 60 years. You only have to look at the "Warm years" to see how constant that period was.
At each 11 year period we change the reference number of the Solar Cycle and Solar Cycle 25 is already forecast to be a relatively "Calm Sun" starting from about 2019. As a result we should start to see a moderate amount of "Global Cooling" in the next 11 years rather than the much over publicised "Global Warming" that started from Solar Cycle 18.
This Solar Cycle(24) is like a unborn child moving about inside its mothers tummy, this is not due for delivery until about 2011-2012, when World Temperatures will pick up, if only for a very short time.
It is thanks to the Work of
Stephen Wilde that we can see the long term effects of Higher Solar Activity on the Oceans, the extra amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is a bi-product of the "Global Warming" not the driver.
The above graph is put together so you can compare 2008 to the top warm years of 1998, 2005, 2003 & 2002. The six bars are for the months of January, February, March, April, May & June as you can see 2008 started very poorly due to the "Calm Sun" period at the end of Solar Cycle 23 and the start of Solar Cycle 24.
Will 2008 make it into the top 10 years?
We very much doubt it.
Will 2008 make it into the top 4 years?
As you can see from the above graph there is little or no chance of that.