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1. Riduna at 11:32 AM on 31 December, 2011
   I like your tables - measuring actual as a percentage of a 30 year norm. Very clear.
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2. Dave123 at 07:04 AM on 9 January, 2012
   Should we be reporting this, interesting as it is, when we keep saying (correctly) that it's about global temperatures? I understand that the context is about UK temperatures being used by Deniers, but maybe that should be how the article is written?
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3. OPatrick at 09:47 AM on 9 January, 2012
   As Dave123 says, focusing on one year can be misleading, but "all the UK's top seven warmest years happened in the last decade" is an important message to emphasise. Also the apparent variation in the weather seems important - is this measurably unusual? Uncertainty is the greatest concern, the UK weather seems to be demonstrating uncertainty in spades. But then maybe it always has.
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4. skywatcher at 11:56 AM on 9 January, 2012
   Scotland's wettest year on record... as a Scot I can say that takes some doing! Of course it's in line with the expected rise in precipitation as the world warms, and observations of (much more damaging) flooding in many parts of the world. I saw recently a graphic by Jeff Masters showing Decembers of the past six years have had the two most extreme positive and two most extreme negative Arctic Oscillation indices on record. This has significant consequences for UK weather, as seen in the past two winters. I wonder if such dramatic AO variation will be a feature of the future?
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5. dorlomin at 20:17 PM on 9 January, 2012
   And the SE of England has been remarkably dry. The low pressure systems seem to have been steared up towards the north end of the island. Still been some great cycling weather even into december down here in England, my folks back up near Glasgow have been less than impressed though.
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6. Paul D at 21:59 PM on 9 January, 2012
   Agree 100% with dorlomin regarding cycling. I tend to be a fair weather cyclist and it is unusual to see me cycling from December through to February. But this year in the South has been dry and warm, allowing me to cycle more. But personal advantages are outweighed by the real threat of drought this year, due to a lack of rain in the South East/South regions.
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7. OPatrick at 23:56 PM on 9 January, 2012
   40 minutes on a motorcycle in to work each morning - you *know* when it's cold. John Prior can say what he likes, this winter has been exceptionally mild in the South West at least!
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8. Phil at 04:10 AM on 10 January, 2012
   One thing that is definitely relevant in this post is the observation that 2010, which was one of the warmest years globally, was one of the coolest in the UK. That should given any reasonable person (whereever they are) pause for thought before they pop their head out the window in order to pronounce on the global climate. You're a bunch of (bi)cycling whimps - I commute-cycle whatever the weather - admittedly this year in East Anglia has been mild - but I did it last year too !
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9. Paul D at 05:09 AM on 10 January, 2012
   Daffodils and snowdrops early: http://www.woodlandtrust.presscentre.com/News-Releases/Will-spring-be-sprung-early-in-2012-9d6.aspx The Woodland Trust are looking at climate change and connections with early appearances of native flora.
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