2006 Warmest Year On Record, Go Figure

At 55 degrees, 2006 was a full 2.2 degrees warmer than the current average. It was .7 degrees warmer than 1998, which was the warmest year to date.

(CBS) In December the center had predicted that 2006 would be the United States' third-warmest year, but unusual readings later that month pushed the year into first place.

The center said it is not clear how much of the warming is a result of greenhouse-gas induced climate change and how much resulted from the current El Nino warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Global warming, El Nino or even al Qaida, one thing is for sure, it is warm.