Calculate the average temperature anomalies from each data set for each year from 2010 through 2019. There should be twenty numbers total, ten years and two data sets. Write the results in the form of a table. You may find Excel or Numbers useful for doing calculations. Your 2019 number should include all months available so far.
Make predictions for what the HadCRUT4 and RSS temperatures for 2019 will end up being, once data is available for the entire year. Explain the basis of your prediction in enough detail that I would come up with the same prediction following your method.
Where would your predicted temperatures rank compared to the annual temperatures of the past decade?
What would you consider the lowest and highest possible values for 2019, for each data set?
Would you consider your 2019 predictions evidence of global warming? Why or why not?
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