Fox6 Milwaukee Goes All Global Warming

It had to happen sooner or later. With a 1-hour hole to fill at the 9:00 PM slot, Fox6 Milwaukee made the decision to unleash their Junior Meteorologist, who told us all about how Global Warming will affect Wisconsin.

We got pictures of a relatively-treeless savanna, and were told that the lakes would largely recede or dry up. We're told that deer-hunters will have to go to Canada. And on and on and on and on....

Then the anchor pops back in to advise that 'fewer and fewer scientists disagree with the theory of Global Warming.' Evidently, that's "fair and balanced."

Somehow, they forgot to mention this:

For the second consecutive month, temperatures across the continental United States were cooler-than-average, according to scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Drought conditions improved in some areas, but large parts of the nation remained in moderate to extreme drought. October ranked as the 12th wettest October when compared with historical precipitation records for the month.

The October 2006 temperature for the contiguous United States (based on preliminary data) was 0.9 degrees F (0.5 degrees C) below the 20th century average of 54.8 degrees F (12.7 degrees C). After a record warm January through August period, this was the second consecutive month of below average temperatures.

The combination of a cooler-than-average September and October dropped the year-to-date national temperature from record warmest to third warmest for the January through October 2006 period. The record warmest January through October occurred in 1934.

So after all these decades of Global Warming, how come is it that the record warmest North American summer was in 1934?