If the government owns and controls the surface temperature actuals, and they show a long-term cooling trend, then they can "adjust" the raw data to show a warming trend.
After predicting a coming global warming catastrophe with computer games, why confuse people with data showing cooling?
"Adjust", "adjust", "adjust" the data,
That's just how it be,
Merrily, merrily, merrily,
NOAA tries to fool you and me !
merry Christmas and happy new year