It’s been a mild start to the year here in England. In fact, according to the CET, it’s been the 14th warmest January since the start of records in 1659.
No doubt fingers will be pointed at global warming, but as the above chart shows, we have simply had mild weather of the commonly seen before. The difference is that it lasted virtually all month.
Moreover, we have had warmer Januaries way back in the past. The warmest was in 1916, followed by 1921, 1796 and 1834.
Meanwhile, UK rainfall has been pretty much average:
I suppose you could say, the more things change, the more they stay the same!
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This January just passed, the QBO was still westerly, the AO and NAO very much positive, lows over Greenland and Iceland,plus other fat=ctors about which we still know little. A classic situation for mild west Atlantic winds to dominate for Europe and East USA.
January of 1991 I ordered a truckload of cement. “Do you want it heated ?” ” Yes, it’s January”
The day of the pour was t-shirt weather. In Canada. The cement set up too quickly for us too finish properly. That was long before climate change was invented.