John Dee's Climate Normal

John Dee's Climate Normal

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John Dee's Climate Normal
John Dee's Climate Normal
Hot, Hotter, Hottest (part 1)

Hot, Hotter, Hottest (part 1)

A mini-study in which I take samples (S=50) of GHCNd stations from 15 locations across the northern hemisphere to determine regional trends in maximum daily temperature

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This morning Mrs Dee asked me if the UK is to enjoy a warm summer and I confess to throwing my arms about and stating that I didn’t know. I then explained that, according to my Google news feed, the UK is going to suffer another apocalyptic heatwave (the Met Office know the exact hour and day this will start) but that we’re also going to have a month’s rainfall in one day and that summer is going to be a damp squib, but at the same time heatwaves are going to become a regular feature of a miserable life. The same feed provides scare stories about people cancelling expensive holidays abroad because of the heat; it also frightens folk about a terrible heat beast named Cerberus that is on the loose, and that China has all but melted under a record-breaking umpteen-day heatwave. I’ve even seen old school references to global warming (remember that?) instead of climate change! The Guardian newspaper leads the way as usual, being backed by the Met Office.

As I sip my morning lemon tea I real…

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