Global Warming

BY NOLAN MILLS

Global warming and climate change is the hot topic of the moment. There is plenty of evidence that the planet is warming up; the ice caps are melting, the seas are getting warmer and there are more frequent extreme weather events. I keep getting asked the question is it happening in South Wootton? Well I have looked at my weather records for the past 33 years and from the averages I cannot see a definite trend. Our weather is and has been very variable. This year on Easter Monday it was a hot 24°C whereas the May Day bank holiday two weeks later was only 13°C. I can say that our hottest ever temperatures were in August 2003 (34°C) and our wettest ever day was more recent in June 2017 with 75mm (3 inches) in one day.

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