Australia Weather Bureau Caught Tampering With Climate Numbers. This should be known as the Al Gore effect. You have to whack the cold temperatures to make it the hottest year ever.
“The temperature dropped to minus 10 (13 degrees Fahrenheit), stayed there for some time and then it changed to minus 10.4 (14 degrees Fahrenheit) and then it disappeared,” Pidgeon said, adding that he notified scientist Jennifer Marohasy about the problem, who then brought the readings to the attention of the bureau.