Cool Britannia? In 30 years the UK’s average temperatures have barely moved

Right now, the UK’s ‘climate crisis’ is difficult to spot

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As with all topics which the Facts4EU team analyses and summarises for readers, the ‘global warming’ debate is complex and the amount of data of all kinds is extensive.

Faced with so much information, we find it helps to take a step back and ask just one basic question per report. Inevitably this is simplistic and it only looks at one aspect of any topic, but this does not make it any the less illuminating.

With the Government announcing yesterday that it is throwing even more millions into climate research, and with massive bills coming everyone’s way as a result of the policies the Government is now pursuing at high speed, today we ask one simple question.

What has happened to average monthly temperatures over the last 30 years?

Below we show the average monthly temperatures in the last three decades, from 1990 to 2020. This information was extracted by Facts4EU.Org from a database of the World Bank, which in turn obtains it from one of the world’s leading climate research centres: the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.

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How have average UK monthly temperatures changed over the past 30 years?

Highest average monthly temperature: 22.6 degrees (73 degrees Fahrenheit) in August 1995
Lowest average monthly temperature: 2.8 degrees (37 degrees Fahrenheit) in December 2010
Average annual temperature last year (2020): 13.07 degrees (55.5 degrees Fahrenheit)
Average annual temperature 30 years ago (1990): 13.04 degrees (55.5 degrees Fahrenheit)

Observations

The hottest month in the UK in the last 30 years happened 25 years ago in August 1995.

That’s eight years before Greta Thunberg was even a twinkle in her parents’ eyes.

(We understand that for some readers the thought of the Swedish teenager being any kind of twinkle might be upsetting, in which case we apologise for the micro-aggression.)

Photo right: Swedish teenager addressing EU Parliament, 2020

Readers will no doubt have their own views on ‘climate change’. Interestingly this used to be called ‘global warming’, then it became ‘climate change’, and now the term ‘climate crisis’ is increasingly being used.

Some of the most radical changes to our way of life are fast coming down the track, if the Government goes through with its legislation and policies. Soon you will not be able to buy a new petrol or diesel car and if your boiler needs replacing you’ve going to be in for a very nasty surprise.

Facts4EU.Org thought that a look at temperatures in the UK over the last 30 years was an interesting way to get one perspective on what is headed our way.

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Reader Comments 11

1. derek, cheshire , Friday, August 06, 2021, 06:44:

One question. Where's the public debate about all of the Government's draconian new climate change laws? When did we vote for these? Where are our MPs on this? This is all going to be slid in with as little publicity as possible.

2. Maggy Dale , Friday, August 06, 2021, 07:36:

I'm in my 70s and the weather has stayed the same all my life, season after season.

3. Richard Tenko Pops Harrison , Friday, August 06, 2021, 07:40:

Why doesn’t she go and protest where the worst polluter is - China?

4. ste , Friday, August 06, 2021, 08:00:

for decades we have had earth monitoring satellites in orbit returning data. the data returned was roughly similar to earth measured observations and would deviate by a few percent each time period, but basically the satellites confirmed the earth observations were pretty accurate. when they discovered that the average temperatures were in decline the satellite data was 'adjusted' to make things seem worse !. now for decades we know that earth observations measured on the ground, and satellite data were roughly the same, but in order to keep this myth going they changed the way we measure things on the ground. there are several ways, one was moving weather stations to lower altitude to increase temp, and taking readings closer to mid day instead of 6pm, i'm afraid it all stinks

5. ste , Friday, August 06, 2021, 08:08:

the climate scientists , are about as good as predicting the climate , as sage are about covid !!, for decades we have been following wild predictions that have destroyed jobs, society and democracy in the free world. the observations and the wild predictions simply do not, and cannot meet up !!, the most reliable prediction comes from russia, this is clearly closest to reality and observations , so it is the one we should be following , right ??, er no because climate change is a political tool. oh and it turns out that according to the russian predictions and real world observations we are currently well on track to stop any influence man has on the climate so there is no need for any panic or words like climate crisis !! Dr willies soon has a good explanation, although he gets funding from petrol industires, the so called scientists get funding from the governments !

6. Melvyn Thomas , Friday, August 06, 2021, 09:14:

It is a scam to extract more money from workers, nothing more nothing less.

7. George Salmon , Friday, August 06, 2021, 10:57:

In 80 years it has not moved either. I can still remember laying on bed at night soaked in sweat and unable to sleep as well as the tar on roads melting and running into gutters, over 70 plus years ago

8. Peter Horrod , Friday, August 06, 2021, 12:18:

Remember watching Tomorrow’s World back in the 70s and they were punting climate catastrophe then, still waiting.

9. Oldnick , Friday, August 06, 2021, 14:28:

Always amuses me the way people say "ah but that research is funded by the fossil fuel industry" as if that instantly disqualifies it.
Wouldn't you expect the majority of research funding to come from the industries most affected?
They're the ones with the biggest inventive to prove the truth!

10. Stan Daniel , Friday, August 06, 2021, 15:09:

We have flooding but that was largely down to the EU and their ridiculous rules on dredging rivers and ditches in pursuit of "environmental protections" which has seen millions of people flooded out of their homes.
Thank God we are out.

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