In article
,
Alastair writes:
snip
The last big El Nino was in 1998 12 (about15) years ago. Are we in for
a record summer, just like the MetOffice dare not predict?

Summer 1998 wasn't anything special in the UK. A warm year globally
(assuming that it is) need not mean a good British summer.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)