I've just been having an esoteric moment which usually means that I am
about to spout rubbish so feel free to tell me so!

A lot of our extreme records, although fact, tend to relate to the
impact they have had on us. But the weather itself isn't interested in
what effect it has on us. So scientists are racking their brains
deciding whether this purely arbitary period of January and February
exceptional rainfall might be related to climate change. But what if I
were to tell you that last July and August was the least windy period in
the UK for 250 years? Who would know that? But would it be any less
significant in its requirement to be studied as a possible link to
climate change? The thing that has occured to me during this thought is
that is it also surprising that so many weather records seem to be being
broken? As far as I know there aren't a specific set of records like the
Olympic records. So you can pull any combination of time periods , any
of the many weather variables and any location you like and there will
be a record broken for a greater or lesser chosen time period!
The joys of being retired (fully now!) :-)
Dave