I must be in an irritable mood this morning (ask my wife) but that offering
from Shaun Pudwell made me read it twice,
to suggest that CET readings were adjusted as the years went by to whole
degrees or tenths or what ever beggars belief.
Shaun ,those figures were ESTIMATED by the master meteorologist Gordon
Manley, from various and very diverse observations around Britain which by
definition were sparce to say the least until 1800 or so.
Not taken from a thermometer hanging on a hook near Birmingham graduated
to different degrees as time went by ! ! .
So there

RonB
"Shaun Pudwell" wrote in message
...
Yes, but 1674 was still during the "Little Ice Age", so there cannot be
any
comparison what-so-ever between then and now. Also worthy of note, is the
fact that temperatures were still being recorded in the CET record at half
degree intervals, e.g. 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 etc. This does not seem to have
changed until 1699, when tenths of a degree started being used. Go back
to
1670 and the CET was still being measured in whole degrees!!

Shaun Pudwell.



"Gavin Staples" wrote in message
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Just for interest. Just look at these cold Marches

March the coldest month of that year
Here's a CET list of Marches that were the coldest month of that year

1898 Mar 4.3
1883 Mar 1.9
1786 Mar 2.1
1770 Mar 2.5
1748 Mar 1.8
1747 Mar 2.5
1733 Mar 5.9
1720 Mar 4.0

Source: TWO.

I took a look at the CET figures and from what I could gather, the
coldest
March on record is March 1674 with a CET of just 1C - incredible. When
you
think what we get today. 1C is regarded as a severe month. To get a CET
of
1C these days is regarded as an unusual occurrence. To get that in
March,
well........

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