Fri, 07 May 2021 07:08 UTC
Following its coldest APRIL since 1922, England is now on for its coldest MAY since record-keeping began some 362 years ago
-since the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715)!
Back in 1659, England was still processing the death of Richard Cromwell, who, after the execution of King Charles I, had ruled the Commonwealth of England for 5 years. The year 1659 is also the start date of the
Central England Temperature (CET) dataset, which has proved an invaluable resource for meteorologists and climate scientists alike. Astonishingly, what the dataset reveals in 2021, in this time of supposed "catastrophic global heating," is that England is on for its coldest May in more than three and a half centuries