A cooler July but the climate continues its warming trend - The Times
A cooler July but the climate continues its warming trend
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The ten warmest years on record for the UK have all occurred since 2002
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Doubts have been raised by some readers that climate change can be happening when this July in the UK has been fairly mediocre with near-average temperatures, and early spring was unusually cool. In fact, various other parts of the world have also had spells of abnormally low temperatures at times this year, as well as in recent years.
This is the difference between weather and climate — the weather varies year to year but the climate marches on its warming trend regardless.
An illustration of this in the UK is comparing the number of days warmer than average with the days colder than average using climate figures made over 30-year periods. Over the latest climate period from 1990-2020, 63 per cent of days were warmer
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