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Posted on 05/10/2021 4:15:47 PM PDT by george76
Following its coldest APRIL since 1922, England is now on for its coldest MAY since record-keeping began some 362 years ago–since the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715)!
Back in 1659, England was still processing the death of Oliver Cromwell, who, after the execution of King Charles I, had ruled the Commonwealth of England for 5 years. The year 1659 is also the start date of the Central England Temperature (CET) dataset, which has proved an invaluable resource for meteorologists and climate scientists alike. Astonishingly, what the dataset reveals in 2021, in this time of supposed “catastrophic global heating,” is that England is on for its coldest May in more than three and a half centuries (at least).
Even more astonishingly, note that 1659 falls within the early-stages of the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715)–a period of reduced global temperatures correlating with historically low solar activity during which the Sun was often devoid of sunspots for years and even decades at a time. Therefore, what the English are experiencing this May eclipses the extreme lows documented during the last full-blown Grand Solar Minimum.
“Snow in May,” reports the BBC.
“Lake District skiers ‘giddy’ in unseasonal weather,” continues the headline.
Snow started falling on Tuesday, May 4, and was deep enough by Wednesday to allow the Lake District Ski Club to open its slopes. Members were “giddy” at the unusual sight of snow-covered mountains in May, according to club president Mike Sweeney. “I haven’t seen snow at this time of year before,” he said. These May flurries have been substantial, too, rivaling what the area would receive in the depths of winter.
Former president of the club Gerard Unthank said there had been “quite a bit of snow this year. Up here we rely on drifts and have snow fences because we don’t get a great depth of snow, but some of the drifts today are as high as the fences,” he said.
“At some points, the snow drifts were up to our knees,” said Bethany Smith during a hike up Helvellyn:
The UK snow has not only been substantial, but also widespread, particularly across the north.
This was the wintry scene in Morlich, Scotland on May 6:
Additionally, as well as this being its coldest May ever, this also looks set to be the UK’s snowiest May on record–a feat currently held by the May of 1979 (solar minimum of weak cycle 20):
Depressingly, there have been few ‘dots connected’ in the UK press.
BBC Weather presenter Simon King did admit that snow was not common in May, but also said that it was “not out of the question”–whatever the hell that means.
The furthest the broadcaster went was to admit that “frost has been unusually prevalent during April and May.”
The UK Met Office are just as bad as the BBC.
And while they are at least reporting on the historic conditions (see below), there is a reluctance to draw any connections to the climate; when you just know, if the situation were reversed –i.e. England was currently experiencing a record May heatwave– then “climate change” would be all anyone was banging on about.
A low of -5.5C (22.1F) was reported during the past 24 hours, in Eskdalemuir — a reading that rivals the coldest temperature ever recorded for the date: the -5.6C (21.9F) set back on May 6, 1980.
But of course, this is all just “weather.”
Heatwaves are an indication of climate change, but record Arctic outbreaks –even those in the month of May– are merely expected statistical anomalies that require no further action than a hasty sweeping under the rug: they are “not out of the question,” after all, and unprecedented freezes –that have dragged on for almost two months now (having begun in mid-March)– are barely considered newsworthy.
Furthermore, these frigid conditions are impacting more than just the UK.
The majority of the Europe is suffering, as is much of the Northern Hemisphere as a whole.
Below was the scene in the Netherlands this morning, May 7:
While across the pond, in North America, unprecedented late-season cold and snow is inbound there, too:
This is exactly what those that study the Sun warned will happen, with many on record stating it would begin in earnest in 2021.
Spring is springing historically late across much of the Northern Hemisphere this year, which is the main cause for concern. Global cooling shortens the growing seasons, and our modern mono-cropping ways that were developed during a constant and reliable climate (delivered by the Modern Solar Maximum) are now beginning to fail, which is placing hundreds of millions of people at the risk of starvation.
Returning to the data, England’s May CET, which is compiled by the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, reveals that the month’s mean temperature, to May 7, is running at just 7C (44.6F) — this is a jaw-dropping 2.8C below the CET norm, and currently sees England on course to suffer its coldest May since record-keeping began back in 1659.
Moreover, the current top-spot is held by the May of 1698, with its CET of 8.5C (47.3F) — this means that the May of 2021 is not only breaking that all-time 362-year record, it is smashing it, by a full 1.5C (2.7F)!
Latest forecasts are calling for much of the same as the month progresses, with yet more unseasonable snow:
GFS Total Snowfall (inches) May 7 – May 14 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING, in line with the great conjunction, historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among other forcings).
Both NOAA and NASA appear to agree, if you read between the lines, with NOAA saying we’re entering a ‘full-blown’ Grand Solar Minimum in the late-2020s, and NASA seeing this upcoming solar cycle (25) as “the weakest of the past 200 years”, with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Furthermore, we can’t ignore the slew of new scientific papers stating the immense impact The Beaufort Gyre could have on the Gulf Stream, and therefore the climate overall.
This may well be the coldest May in hundreds of years.
But we all know that NOAA, the mainstream media, and the university professors will tell us that this has been the hottest May on record.
Whatever the weather is, you can be sure it is a climate crisis requiring stealing stuff from white people!
It will continue getting colder until the year 2030 after which it will slowly begin to warm up. Theodore Landscheidt predicted this about 20 years ago.
Perhaps it is the sun after all....
Last time I remember May being this cold was back in 1981 or so! Near the end of the COMING ICE AGE hoax.
Usually that was when we had air conditioners on! I remember April of 1972 when it was over 100 degrees!
Al Gore is laughing all the way to the bank.
Of course, they have to apply their "correction algorithm" in order to tell us the actual amount of climate change we are experiencing. Raw data is meaningless. /warmist
That said, a cold month in the northern hemisphere isn't a trend. It's weather. Folks on both sides will be staking claims on what is happening, but in human lifetimes, the changes will likely be very small.
Solar Minimum? Not for another thirty years! We are still in Glo-Bull Warming! (Feel the Fear!)
https://bigthink.com/news/the-solar-minimum-is-coming-in-about-30-years-what-will-it-do
It’s been cold and loads of rain here in western Pa.....hardly what I’d call normal Spring temps.
Last night watching program on the sun....says it cycles every eleven years.
Western Pennsylvania has seen weeks of below normal temperatures with nighttime lows hovering at or below freezing. Local nurseries aren’t putting out tender perennials, Japanese maples, grasses, or other plants.
I’ve had to cover my new Japanese maples three weekends in a row as I’ve tried to keep them warm with old Christmas tree light bulbs and spotlights at night. Tonight’s forecast calls for 31 degrees. Ditto for tomorrow night. We had some snow on Saturday morning. This is extremely unusual for this time of year.
And John Kerry is trying to suck all of the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Exxon is pumping it into large undersea vaults it built to sequester CO2. Doesn’t this sound like the behavior of total crackpots? Destroy our ability to heat our homes and power our industry as we rely on solar panels and windmills?
A coal-powered power plant near me has been shut down permanently because of Biden’s idiot directives concerning “fossil” fuels. Forty-three people thrown out of work. No more energy coming from that plant that used to supply electricity to the east coast.
By the way, if you look at American history, the years of the Maunder Minimum were a period when people fled Europe because of crop failures and came to the American colonies, hoping things would be better here. My ancestors left Northern Ireland during this period because, the historians say, there were massive crop failures in the British Isles. It was one of the reasons the Irish started growing potatoes because potatoes could be grown underground.
Those scientists who are warning about a return of Maunder-like conditions are urging that governments start planning now for food shortages as the temperatures drop and the growing season is shortened. And the idiots now in charge in this country are ignoring anyone who disagrees with them.
it snowed here saturday... not a lot, but enough to cover the road etc. and stick to the windshield
YAAAAAA..!! QUICK, LETS BEG LORD GATES TO DARKEN THE SUN..!!! /s
Have we moved from “gobal warming”to “climate change” yet?
I say it’s due to the recent volcanic activities.
Doesn’t surprise me. English weather report from Jun ‘73 to Jun ‘76:
Jun ‘73 - Aug ‘73 nice.
Sep ‘73 - Dec ‘73 cold
Jan ‘74 - Dec ‘74 cold except for 2 weeks
Jan ‘75 - Jun ‘75 cold (snowed in June)
Jul ‘75 - Aug ‘75 nice
Sep ‘75 - Dec ‘75 cold
Jan ‘76 - May ‘76 cold
Jun ‘76 nice until I left ~ Jun 5th.
Un-possible, I’ve been told the erf has a fever.
Liberals will just say that pollution control measures are working better than expected, but that this is only a reprieve before 2200 when the Earth will be so hot as to be without ice anywhere. “Trust us,” they will say.
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