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Suricat, Well, well well.
Sorry, but this does not compute. A comparison of temps/warming between particular dates needs a correlation of relevant points within cycles as well.
I would normally use the European Centre, SIDC, for data ref, but their site has had broken links for a long time now. So I'll use "climate4you". Not so prestigious, but it's good and it's there.
http://www.climate4you.com/
Now click "Sun" in the L/H sidebar, then click "Solar irradiance and sunspot number" as your page menu choice.
This graph displays both solar irradiance (in red) and sunspot number (in blue) from 1979-2002. I'm afraid it doesn't extend to June 2009, but then again we already know that we are in a period with virtually no sunspots now. So during 1979 solar irradiance was at a peak, but during 2009 solar irradiance is at a trough. Thus, these periods are not directly compatible for a warming analysis.
If you doubt the validity of this falsification, scroll to the top of the page and click "Global temperature and sunspot number" as your page menu choice.
This graph depicts HadCRUT3 against sunspot numbers (it's not UHA temps, but it's the best I can find for now). I think you can easily see that heavy sunspot activity pushes temps upwards. Thus, if we were at peak sunspot activity in 2009 we would expect a more elevated temp!
I really think we should make warming comparisons at identical phases of the sunspot cycle and not at 180 deg (anti phase).
Hope this helps.
Best regards, suricat.