Get Out Yer Sweater, Al
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080313_coolest.html
My favorite part:
In the contiguous United States, the average winter temperature was 33.2°F (0.6°C), which was 0.2°F (0.1°C) above the 20th century average – yet still ranks as the coolest since 2001. It was the 54th coolest winter since national records began in 1895.
54th in 113 years - right in the middle.
I can’t wait for the “faulty mercury in early-20th century thermometers” argument.