"Colin Youngs" wrote:
On 11 avr, 14:49, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
Tish?

If you are suggesting a spelling error in the name, it appears not to
be one.

I was drawing attention to the name, though not to any possible
mis-spelling. I just wondered what sort of name it was. If it is
this person's (haven't a clue which sex it is) given name, what
sort of parents does he or she have? Or, if it's a pet name, it
should have no place in serious discourse.

ObUSW:
12 of the last 13 summers have had a mean temperature
above the 1971-2000 average (as measured by the CET, and,
yes, I know the press release uses a different series, but it's
unlikely to be much different). The last one below was in 1998
and then by only a fraction of a degree. I really don't see much
value, during a warming régime, of using an average period
whose mid-point was 22 years ago to make a point in a
press release. It's as if they want the media to spin it into
"Britain set to swelter through another long hot summer".

Philip