I think a few of us have been puzzled over the claim by the Met Office of May 2024 being "the warmest on record". How can it be when many of us have been wearing our woolly jumpers for much of the month? Well, it turns out that it's all to do with averages as explained very well in this article. https://dailysceptic.org/2024/06/06/the-met-office-is-gaslighting-us-with-its-claim-that-damp-and-chilly-may-was-the-hottest-ever/
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