{"id":389543,"date":"2025-07-18T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389543"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:29:05","slug":"which-summer-has-been-hotter-1976-or-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389543","title":{"rendered":"Which Summer Has Been Hotter? 1976 or\u00a02025?"},"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

There are inevitably comparisons of this summer with 1976\u2019s.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reality, there is no question that the heatwave in 1976 was far more intense than anything experienced this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The daily data from CET tells the story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/hadobs\/hadcet\/graphs\/index.html<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There has just been one day over 30C so far this summer. In 1976 there were nine, all in the space of ten days between 29th June and 9th July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1976, temperatures peaked at 33.1C, whereas the hottest day this year was 30.7C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forecast suggests temperatures will be around normal for the next week or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In reality, there is no question that the heatwave in 1976 was far more intense than anything experienced this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":389547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[691822311,691836674,691836675],"class_list":["post-389543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hottest-summer","tag-summer-1976","tag-summer-2025","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-18-162702.png?fit=1475%2C897&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1DkX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":272745,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=272745","url_meta":{"origin":389543,"position":0},"title":"The Tale Of Two Summers\u20132023 v\u00a01976","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/11\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"There is nothing unusual or untoward about that fact. 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