Climatologist Dr. Tim Ball: 2012 probably not the hottest on record, after all — Skewed data stoke climate alarmist fears
'Breaking the 1936 high temperature record by 0.2 degrees F, as NCDC claimed occurred last July, is not meaningful. This change falls within the uncertainty of the measurement. It is akin to being alarmed that the moon has moved a millimeter closer when we can only measure the Earth-moon distance to within a few centimeters'