Sentence examples for coldest year from inspiring English sources

In terms of average earth temperature, 2008 was the coldest year since 2000.

The temperature data were mapped over a range of three octaves, with the coldest year on record (1909) set to the lowest note on the cello (open C).

It was the second coldest year on record since the middle ages and the 1810s were the coldest decade ever recorded.

Mr. Crouch pointed out that until last year, the coldest year in the historical record for the lower 48 states, 1917, was separated from the warmest year, 1998, by only 4.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

To put it another way, for a given geographic area, "the coldest year in the future will be warmer than the hottest year in the past," said Camilo Mora, the lead scientist on a paper published in the journal Nature.

In fact, the entire range between the coldest year on record, which occurred in 1917, and the previous record warm year of 1998 was just 4.2°F.

There have always been mishaps, even in the coldest years.

Both solar minimums coincided with the coldest years of the Little Ice Age in parts of Europe.

The coldest years now are warmer than the hottest years before 1998.

Gingrich warned recalcitrant lobbyists, "For anyone who's not on board now, it's going to be the two coldest years in Washington".

As widely reported earlier this month, if temperatures keep rising at current rates by mid-century the coldest years could be warmer than the hottest of the past.