text: In addition, a paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres finds that daily temperature range in China decreased from 1962 to 2011 , and that this decrease was due to a decrease in maximum temperatures related to a decrease of sunshine durations over this period. Similar to the findings of this paper, examination of the raw global temperature data shows a significant increase in minimum temperatures over the period 1962-1989, and then leveling off 1989-present. However, over the entire period 1940-present, there is no trend in minimum, maximum, or average global temperature anomalies.