{"id":449281,"date":"2026-06-08T09:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=449281"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:20:56","slug":"sunny-springs-linked-to-warmer-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=449281","title":{"rendered":"Sunny Springs Linked To Warmer\u00a0Weather"},"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

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As I reported earlier, it was one of the sunniest springs on record this year as well as the warmest. Are the two things related?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have charted the average of daily max temperatures and sunshine hours in England, and there appears to be a good correlation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A co-efficient of 0.69 is strong. In short, sunnier weather correlates with warmer weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not surprising, as the Met Office themselves found exactly the same thing in a 2006 study:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wayback Machine<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The daily max is strongly correlated, but there is also a weaker correlation with daily mins. There is no evidence, in other words, that clearer skies result in colder nights during spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Met Office also suggested, the extra sunshine could be linked to reduced air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That Met Office study has since been buried and is only archived on Wayback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A co-efficient of 0.69 is strong. In short, sunnier weather correlates with warmer weather.<\/p>\n

This is not surprising, as the Met Office themselves found exactly the same thing in a 2006 study:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":449306,"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":[691843560,691819380,691818808,691843561,691818473],"class_list":["post-449281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-daily-max-temperatures","tag-england","tag-met-office","tag-sunshine-hours","tag-weather","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0-Copilot-sunshine-hours.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1SSt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":293769,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293769","url_meta":{"origin":449281,"position":0},"title":"CET Daily Temperatures","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"01\/04\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A predominance of warmer weather is not climate change.","rel":"","context":"In \"CET graph\"","block_context":{"text":"CET graph","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=cet-graph"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0400175-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0400175-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0400175-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0400175-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0400175-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":420275,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=420275","url_meta":{"origin":449281,"position":1},"title":"A Warm, Pleasant, Sunny\u00a0Year","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"01\/07\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2025, the UK experienced what many described as a warm, pleasant, sunny year \u2014 one of the warmest and sunniest on record, according to the Met Office.","rel":"","context":"In \"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)\"","block_context":{"text":"carbon dioxide (CO\u2082)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=carbon-dioxide-co%e2%82%82"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0-sunny-sommer.jpg?fit=1200%2C765&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0-sunny-sommer.jpg?fit=1200%2C765&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0-sunny-sommer.jpg?fit=1200%2C765&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0-sunny-sommer.jpg?fit=1200%2C765&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0-sunny-sommer.jpg?fit=1200%2C765&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":292760,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292760","url_meta":{"origin":449281,"position":2},"title":"Climate Crisis! 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