By Paul Homewood
While the BBC/Met Office have been busy hyping a solitary mild day, they have been strangely silent about the news that Central England has just had its coolest year since 2013:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cetml1659on.dat
Last year continues the standstill in average temperatures, which have now been stable for two decades, following the rapid rise during the 1990s.
2021 was actually cooler than six years in the 18th and 19th C:
1733
1736
1779
1828
1834
1868
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January 2, 2022