After a colder than usual 2018, climate alarmists predicted a hot 2019, bearing all the trademarks of extreme man-made global warming. But temperatures this year have been largely normal and, in some places, continue to be below average.

Here’s a look at the first five months of the year, especially May, and what they mean for the continuing debate on the supposed dangers of climate change.

El Niño—a phenomenon where periodic oscillations cause the sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean to rise to above-normal levels—was predicted to arrive this year and make our world warmer than usual, as an El Niño made 2016 one of the warmest years in recent decades.

But many places in the Northern Hemisphere are still experiencing conditions considerably cooler than normal for this time of year.

In Las Vegas, the average high temperature in May is 88˚ F, but this year many days in May recorded a high of just 75˚.

In Wyoming, Cheyenne broke the all-time record for the highest snowfall in May. On May 21, Denver recorded a maximum of 39˚, which broke the 128-year record for the lowest maximum.

In Northern Arizona, lowest maximums were recorded in several places on May 27. In New York’s Central Park, the maximum temperature for May 13 was just 48˚, beating the previous all-time low of 49˚ set in 1914.

Earlier in May, widespread cooling was reported in parts of Europe where people experienced surreal winter-like conditions.

Australia, in the Southern Hemisphere, too received a surprise cold blast in May after recording above average temperatures in the first four months of the year. Canberra, Australia’s Capital, experienced its coldest May in 19 years, with a maximum of 48˚. Forecasts for Southeast Australia predict a major drop in temperatures in the coming days, with temperatures reducing as much as 60˚ below average in some places.

These cold spells shatter the warming myth that predicted milder winters and hotter summers. Instead, we are having very cold winters and summers that are beginning to look like spring.

Whether these lows are mere weather patterns or part of a longer climate trend, they directly contradict the warming propagandist’s claims. If these cold spells are mere weather patterns, then we can conclude that global warming will bring us cold weather spells, and not hot ones. On the other hand, if these cold spells represent a larger global climate trend, then there is no extreme warming.  Either way, the cold spells dispel the claims of warming propagandists. Regardless of how the coming months of summer play out, the weather—or the multi-decadal climate pattern for that matter—will continue to prove that the warming claims by climate fanatics have been exaggerated.