In message , Gavin
Staples writes
Incredible. I hadn't noticed that May 1740 was also a CET for cold, until I
looked it up following your reply.
Thanks for your comments Ian and I look forward to seeing what the
others on this ng say about this. It is an interesting artcile for
disccussion:-)

Remember, this was in the midst of the "Little Ice Age", an
interstadial, so not exactly comparable with the 21st century in the
middle of an interglacial, but still no where near the climatic optimism
of the Atlantic period.
--
Steve Jackson,
Bablake Weather Station,
Coventry, UK
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/bws