January was a cold month, but we had strong Chinook winds battling against the strong icy cold south-east winds. Toss in some wind from the north to make January the coldest on recorded for my weather station.

So did global warming take place in 2007?

I used Environment Canada's historic data for Olds, Alberta from 1971-2000 and compared it to the temperatures recorded from my weather station.

Compared where:
- Daytime maximum temperature
- Daytime minimum temperature
- Daytime average temperature

So the results are:
- 7 months where warmer overall
- 4 months where colder overall
- 1 month average and min where colder, but daytime max where higher.


The answer, YES - we had a warmer year compared to the averages on file.