By Paul Homewood
Oh dear! It appears the Met Office is even less reliable than ChatGPT:
https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1720055662888063363
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The claim of a record in Wales in November is certainly untrue, as the lowest on record is 944.8 hPa.
As for England, while it might be a record for November, it is a long way from the all time record of 933.2 hPa, set in 1886:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_atmospheric_pressure_records_in_Europe
The Newton Reigny measurement is confirmed in British Rainfall for 1886. Other stations like Meltham and Hull were also much lower than yesterday, (953.3 hPa = 28.151 inches):
There are far more weather stations around these days than during the 19thC, and no doubt, given the geographical spread in 1886, a wide swathe of the country would have experienced similarly low pressure, without it being officially recorded hour by hour.
The Met Office monthly summary highlighted just how unusually severe that storm was:
The 1865 record low in Dolgellau is confirmed by British Rainfall as well – 27.90 inches = 944.8 hPa:
It is simply not acceptable for the Met Office to go around claiming records without even bothering to check their own archives. I would not be at all surprised if the England “record” for November also proves to be fake.
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November 2, 2023 at 01:06PM
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