{"id":265291,"date":"2023-07-04T10:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265291"},"modified":"2023-07-04T10:39:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:39:01","slug":"every-month-seems-to-be-the-hottest-the-driest-the-wettest-or-whichever-record-breaking-event-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265291","title":{"rendered":"Every month seems to be the hottest, the driest, the wettest, or whichever record-breaking event it\u00a0is."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article sums up just how hysterical some so-called experts have become:<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-66042272<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take this comment, for instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many flowering plants, including orchids, wilted in the high temperatures, meaning insects like bees and butterflies that feed on nectar and pollen will have less to eat, Ali Morse from the Wildlife Trusts told BBC News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Species with short lifespans are particularly badly affected. Many butterflies are adults for only a short time, and if they cannot access food in that period, it stunts the population.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These impacts are more surprising considering the wet and cold spring and are earlier than last year, Ms Morse added.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Every month seems to be the hottest, the driest, the wettest, or whichever record-breaking event it i<\/strong>s. If we have a one-off pollution event or a wildfire, then there is normally time for nature to bounce back, but now it seems to be continually pounded by extreme weather,” she added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery month seems to be the hottest, the driest, the wettest, or whichever record-breaking event it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really, Ms Morse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you really believe that, you are living in a fantasy world! I suggest you get back in touch with reality, and check what the facts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, temperatures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/research\/climate\/maps-and-data\/uk-and-regional-series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a cluster of coldest months in the early record, and another cluster of hottest towards the end, just as you would expect in a gradually warming climate. However, there has only been one, solitary record since 2015, and that was of course last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And rainfall? Again, just one monthly record since 2014; that was February 2020. In total, just four records since 1997, which is about average:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In short, we have had just two monthly records for temperature and rainfall in the last eight years; that is hardly \u201cevery month<\/em>\u201d, Ms Morse!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed two in eight years is pretty much what you would expect. With 48 records up for grabs over a period of 187 years for rain and 140 years for temperature, the law of averages say you will get one every three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly this hysteria is not confined to the odd buffoon, like our Ms Morse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sadly this hysteria is not confined to the odd buffoon, like our Ms Morse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":263438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818389,691820747,691820746,691820108,691820749,691819379,691820748],"class_list":{"0":"post-265291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-driest-month","10":"tag-hottest-month","11":"tag-hysteria","12":"tag-ms-morse","13":"tag-propaganda","14":"tag-wettest-month","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0stupidity-sign-72d4e5c19709f038.jpg?fit=1280%2C1137&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-170T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":361157,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=361157","url_meta":{"origin":265291,"position":0},"title":"England & Wales Rainfall\u00a0Trends","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It does not need me to tell you that it was quite wet last year. 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