posted on Jan, 2 2011 @ 06:42 PM
A Very interesting article from the BBC.
According to the Met Office December 2010 will turn out to be the coldest December since 1890 based on the Central England Temperature (CET) dataset
which started in 1659.
They also say that December 2010 will also be the coldest December in the 100 year UK temperature series, covering England, Wales, Scotland, and
Northern Ireland, easily beating the next coldest December in all these areas
2010 has also been the coldest year since 1986, off the back of winter 2009/2010 which was the coldest since 1978/79.
Interestingly, the CET 12 monthly rolling temperature averages peaked in April 2007 and have fallen continuously since then.
Remarkably, at a time when global warming remains a very high profile issue around the world, the 2010 UK CET figure is around the levels recorded
from the years 1659 to 1758 - and well below the median figure for the whole series which runs from 1659 to 2009.
For the UK at least, the climate in the last few years far from warming, has been very definitely cooling.
This could be yet more anecdotal evidence that the prolonged solar minima which started around 2007 continues to influence the UK's climate.
www.bbc.co.uk...