I have a sneaky suspicion that we will see a little warmer temps every winter for the next few years. I say this because the new solar sunpot cycle has just started and the sun has been very quiet in this aspect for the last few years. Scientists are just starting to get a grasp how this affects the climate on our planet. The bottom line is that there is a very strong correlation between solar sunspot activity and warming trends on earth. The next solar sunspot cycle is expected to be extremely active and peak somewhere around 2012.