For all the talk of droughts, last year in England rainfall finished well within normal bounds. The worst droughts were, of course, all prior to the Second World War.
Category: Weather
Richard Betts Fake Heatwave Deaths Claim
Sorry, Richard, but it is not your job, or the Met Office’s, to tell us what we can and cannot do.
The Record Hot UK Summer of 2025: Validation of the UKMO Methodology, but the Record Was Only in Tmin
The record hot summer of 2025 in the UK was in the nightly minimum temperatures, not in the daytime maximum temperatures. This is true in both my analysis and that…
Northern Hemisphere tropical activity in 2025
*Second year in a row with below-normal tropical activity across the Northern Hemisphere… western Pacific Ocean leads the way with its seventh straight down year…no hurricanes hit the US for…
From Storm to Scare Story: How The Guardian Wrongly Claimed Climate Change Caused a ‘Climate Breakdown’
By implying that a heartbreaking family tragedy is proof of global climate collapse, The Guardian irresponsibly misleads its readers, substituting emotional persuasion and advocacy with scientific rigor. Readers deserve factual reporting complete…
Study: 2010 Russian Heat Wave NOT caused by ‘climate change’
According to this study, the surface warming over western Russia in 2010 can be primarily attributed to the effects of surface dynamics…
Pakistan’s Deadly Floods Are Not Worsened by Climate Change, BBC
The BBC turned the piece that could have been a rational criticism of corruption that leads to major infrastructure issues and human deaths into a propaganda piece that pushes the…
Pursuing Net Zero Makes the UK Vulnerable to Bad Weather, BBC, Not Climate Change
As a news organization, the BBC should not carry water for its government or government advisory boards that want to continue wasting money on futile “objectives to prevent further temperature…
‘Death Valley Days’ May Be Over for Global Temperature Record
If the world has warmed since 1913, why hasn’t the 134°F record been broken?
No, Bloomberg, One Chart Does Not Prove the World Is Getting Hot Fast
The idea that today’s heat is “unprecedented” is simply false. In fact, most all-time state high temperature records in the United States were set long before the 21st century began.
CLAIM: Climate change is supercharging Europe’s biggest hail
Anything is possible when you use a flawed climate model to generate craptastic, er, speculative output.
So far, NOAA’s ‘above normal’ hurricane season prediction is a bust
As of today September 27th, 2025 zero hurricanes have made landfall in the United states during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The season runs from June 1st to November 30th.
Recent Dust Storm Panic Is Just More Hot Air From Climate Alarmists
In the end, dust storms are tragic when they claim lives, but they are not proof of a climate crisis. They are part of the natural variability of weather.
Nutty Professor Warns Of Firewaves
Cities across the UK are facing a growing threat from an emerging phenomenon called “firewaves” as temperatures rise due to climate change, scientists have warned.
“Die Welt’ Journalist Axel Bojanowski: Apocalypticism Is “A Code Of Belonging” Among Journalists
Bojanowski concludes with an appeal for more optimism and encourages productive people to have the courage to withstand resistance.
CLAIM: North Atlantic faces more hurricane clusters as climate warms
Analyzing the historical observation of tropical cyclones, the authors found that during the past few decades, the chances for tropical cyclone cluster decreased in the Northwestern Pacific basin, while increased…
Cloud Seeding History: Looking Back at the Colorado River Basin Pilot Project
So, when cloud seeding purveyors come “a knockin’” to your county, state, water district, etc., claiming that they will increase your water supply, mitigate a drought: Caveat emptor!
South American Cold Underscores Role of Oil and Gas
The Antarctic cold wave was a reminder of both nature’s unpredictability and the continent’s potential. With courage and clarity, the region can harness its oil and gas wealth to build…
Astonishing Extreme Lightning Bolt Recorded
It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to Kansas City, setting a new world record.
New Study: Heatwave-Related Deaths Have Been Declining In Recent Decades
As heating demand and costs rise, there will likely be more susceptibility to cold-related deaths in the future. In contrast, heatwave-related mortality will likely continue to decline.