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Just spent 6 days in The Hague and Amsterdam, was the most sublime string of weather they've had in ages - everyone out at the beach / canal / terraces enjoying it. Not one nutter said anything about climate change :) (although 1 in ~200 nutters were wearing a mask, lol). Great post!

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Now that is what I like to hear!

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I’ve been calling it an Indian summer but it seems we can’t use that term until a heatwave occurring after the first frost of the year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_summer

Robin Monotti seems to have got sidetracked by one day in Sardinia rather than rigorous statistics.

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Another of those who think the truth lies with outliers and that a data series of a mere 170+ years from a handful of badly located stations is worthy of serious contemplation.

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You said 'terms of Olympic medals for super scorchio hot days reaching or exceeding a mean maximum of 30°C, then only one year may be awarded a medal and that is 1902' - don't you mean 1906?

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Whoops! Sorted.

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Yes, all of the farmers have finally been able to make their hay!

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