From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

Much has been made of the fact that last month was hotter than June 1976, at least according to Met Office figures. Attempts to compare the two months are misleading, and frankly dishonest when used to pretend the actual weather was hotter this year. In short, we are comparing apples and pears.

It is often forgotten that the heatwave in 1976 never really got going until the last week of the month, despite a couple of hot days two weeks before.

When it did get going, it produced scorching heat well into the middle of July, and at levels above anything seen this year.

In contrast, we only had four really hot days last month, none of which reached 30C. In 1976, every single day but one between 28th June and 7th July topped 30C.

To understand the extraordinary heatwave in 1976, you need to look at the whole picture across both June and July. So far this summer, there has been nothing that comes anywhere near that earlier heatwave.