Ann said posted from USA Today about this October being the warmest recorded.
However, another article I just read said that:
Across the world there were reports of unseasonal snow and plummeting temperatures last month, from the American Great Plains to China, and from the Alps to New Zealand. China's official news agency reported that Tibet had suffered its "worst snowstorm ever". In the US, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration registered 63 local snowfall records and 115 lowest-ever temperatures for the month, and ranked it as only the 70th-warmest October in 114 years.
The reason for the discrepancy?
Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), one of four bodies responsible for monitoring global temperatures...used September's data.
Figures from the previous month had simply been carried over and repeated two months running.
Bethy
