Hottest ever December

NOAA's estimates for December global temps have been released.  There's no surprise that they're now the hottest ever measured, by a long chalk.

Source: NOAA.  Click on chart to enlarge.

And the year to December was also the hottest ever measured.  

In their desperation, however, the deniosphere dismiss these numbers.  Instead of measuring the temperatures outside their windows, they have turned to satellite data, which show that temperatures are not rising.  According to them.  That oil company toady, Ted Cruz, is using satellite data to claim that the world hasn't warmed for the last 18 years.  Dana Nuccitelli at the Guardian comprehensively dismisses this rubbish, here.