that was just one of many many charges of tampering[1].
honestly this cristicism of the NOAA, NASA is pretty unwelcome by most HN people, so im not proposing everyone accept this immediately.
but the facts are out there and slowly if what i am saying is correct ( time will tell ) the the tampering will start being rolled back.
[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11367272/Climategate-the-...