Here are graphs of the LOTI data set for the same periods that I graphed for the UAH data. LOTI uses surface instrument data as opposed to the satellite only UAH data. LOTI along with most of the other data sets besides for UAH has peaks in the 21st century that higher than 1998. According to the UAH data 98 had the highest average temperatures of any year recorded. Most of the other records disagree.
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