1998 was the second hottest year since satellite measurements started 41 years ago, but was it as hot as 1898?
Below is the temperature record as per the University of Alabama in Huntsville satellites.

However 1898 was a scorcher. Here are some newspaper records of this year in the late 19th century..

































Can’t wait till we get back to those early and pre industrial times when climate change didn’t exist – yeah right
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