The average global temperature for April on the UAH satellite measure jumped to +0.295C above the 30 year running mean.
This equates to approximately +0.548C above the standard 1961-1990 average, used by the World Meteorological Organisation.
Significantly, April Arctic sea ice was close to the 1979-2012 average, and the highest in April for over 10 years, shown below
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Experts though reported that much of the ice cover was thin, indeed since the end of April ice extent has fallen sharply.
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There was an error in the sat readings recently which showed a massive drop but has since been fixed. Current ice (updated 15/5) still showing in the average region for 1979-2006.
http://arctic-roos.org/observations/satellite-data/sea-ice/observation_images/ssmi1_ice_ext.png
No mention either that the ice in Antarctica is slightly above average levels. But I guess Richard Black would have a hissy fit if anyone questioned the official story.
http://weatherdem.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/s_stddev_timeseries_20120514.png
Joe B did a great twitpic the other day showing pics from 1958, 1987 and May 2012 http://twitter.com/#!/BigJoeBastardi/status/202425392177487872/photo/1
Then there's the reports from 1817
"It will without doubt have come to your Lordship's knowledge that a considerable change of climate, inexplicable at present to us, must have taken place in the Circumpolar Regions, by which the severity of the cold that has for centuries past enclosed the seas in the high northern latitudes in an impenetrable barrier of ice has been during the last two years, greatly abated.
President of the Royal Society, London, to the Admiralty, 20th November, 1817
I can't say I've ever read that from the BBC
Comment edited by Craig M (Twitter) on Tuesday May 15, 2012 at 9:39 PM EDT