Using Data to Better Understand Climate Change

After reading this first blurb:

> The year 2016 is on pace to be the hottest on record, with each of the first six months setting new temperature records... Climate change, combined with the effects of El Niño, is the main reason behind the record-setting temperatures.

I'm anticipating the climate change deniers flooding the media next year with headlines about how much cooler 2017 is compared to 2016.