Ed Hawkins

The summer of 1976: putting a very hot & dry summer into context 50 years on, the summer of 1976 is often misused by those wanting to downplay the risks from climate change as it still holds a small, but reducing, number of temperature records. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-summer-o…

Certainly not the most important issue with the current situation in the Middle East, but there is a new Iran shaped hole in our surface weather observation network. In this example, measurements of surface pressure fed into operational weather forecasts on 9th Feb and 9th Mar.

The decision by @NERCscience to scrap the UK's flying atmospheric laboratory (FAAM) after spending >£40M on an upgrade & with zero consultation, is short sighted. FAAM has saved the UK economy more than it costs through disaster response. thetimes.com/article/406e54…

Will members of parliament ask the tough questions of @NERCscience about this decision, as our learned society @RMetS has suggested? cc. @LordsSTCom, @CommonsSITC

Climate 'fingerprints' mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean See this article for details of why the lower atmosphere warms and the upper atmosphere cools, giving this human-induced warming fingerprint: theconversation.com/climate-finger…

@MarcEHJones The linked post has that figure at the end.

@ed_hawkins Can you please plot temperature across the year for 1976 vs 2026: average, max, min. I think it would help show that summer people remember doesn't reflect overall temperatures for the whole year. Thanks.

The summer of 1976: putting a very hot & dry summer into context 50 years on, the summer of 1976 is often misused by those wanting to downplay the risks from climate change as it still holds a small, but reducing, number of temperature records. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-summer-o…

What would the hottest UK day of 1976 look like today? 35.9°C back in 1976 would be 38-39°C now. The hot extremes are warming faster than the average for the UK. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-summer-o…

2025 has broken historical climate records with provisional Met Office figures showing: 🌡️ warmest year on record for the UK 🌞 sunniest year on record for the UK 🌂 Below-average rainfall (90%)

The UK's warmest year (for now) climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-uks-warm…

Climate variations over the last 2000 years provide valuable context and help answer questions about how unusual the recent changes are. Now with added global sea level rise: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/climate-chan… Climate visual graphics: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visual…

A damaging hurricane in a warmer world How would a major hurricane that hit Jamaica in 1903 be different today, in a warmer world? It would drop more rain. (At least) climatelabbook.substack.com/p/a-damaging-h…

*Actual* science (care of *real* climate scientist @ed_hawkins)👇

The importance of continuing manual rainfall observations discussed on @BBCRadio4 Inside Science today. Listen from about 14 mins: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

More than 400 volunteers already helping @MetEireann recover millions of historical rainfall observations from their paper records. Anyone can join in: zooniverse.org/projects/met-r…

A request for weather interested volunteers! Met Eireann would like to rescue millions of weather observations taken in Ireland over many decades that are still stuck on paper. #WeatherRescue Anyone can help: zooniverse.org/projects/met-r…

Mountain sites poking above the low-level inversion! #Dunkelflaute #anticyclonicgloom istheukhotrightnow.com @ed_hawkins