NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

The latest piece of gaslighting from the Met Office:

The UK is experiencing a period of "historic and unprecedented change" to its climate, and extreme conditions that have caused recent heatwaves are here to stay, says a new report.

There have been three heatwaves already this summer, and temperatures have exceeded 30C on 25 days in 2026.

In its annual "state of the UK climate" report published today, the Met Office says it’s increasingly clear that Britain’s climate has fundamentally changed – and is still "on the move".

Warmer conditions are being imported into the south, and colder climates in the north are shrinking, with man-made climate change – mostly caused by burning fossil fuels – driving more extreme weather.

Mike Kendon from the Met Office, lead author of the report, said: "We are right now living in a time of historic and unprecedented change, and in terms of temperature, on annual, seasonal, monthly and daily timescales, this evidence shows the climate of the 20th century has now gone."

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In parts of the South East, the hottest day of the year is 4.5C warmer on average than it was just a few decades ago.

And the number of days over 30C has quadrupled in areas such as Greater London.

But while temperatures are up, rainfall is down. England and Wales received less than half the average amount in the spring, and some places had less than a third.

https://news.sky.com/story/unprecedented-climate-change-facing-uk-with-extreme-temperatures-here-to-stay-13563560

The report confuses “weather” with “climate”.

Yes, this summer has been hot. But it has been hot because of the predominance of sunny weather, driven by high pressure systems. Today’s pressure map is pretty much representative of the last two months:

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By Paul Homewood

As promised here is what I believe to be the up to date list of Class 1 Met Office weather stations: