i know its a new religion for you politically correct and you are not going to like this this , but ,
they (and you here ) often announce the warmest this or that etc long before the end of the measured period and you know that ....


Not even true what you say about averages .
They take the highest temp for 3 warmest days, average them and then compare that figure to past data,
They do a similar 3 day thing for the coldest ,
So a month has a warm start and a cold end and gets crowned the hottest AND coldest month ever,



Orwell would have loved it ,and put it in 1984 if he could have.

I hope I'm wrong
I hope global warming is real, and all the ice melts ,let the coast lines rise forty foot it will be interesting , and I hope i get to wear sandals in winter here.