Monifieth weather in 2010

Well that's another year round the S-bend, and from the point of view of Monifieth weather station, quite a remarkable one. 2010 was easily the coldest year in the station's 7 year record, with a yearly average of only 8.4 degrees, 1.2 degrees below the station's average. December 2010 was also easily the coldest month on record with a mean temperature barely above freezing, at 0.2 C. This breaks the record of coldest month set only a year ago, when December 2009, January 2010 and February 2010 all had averages of 2.5 C. Every month in 2010 except June was colder than average.

Over the longer term, 2010 continued (and in fact accelerated) the longer-term trend of cooling (see the 'whole year' graph at the bottom of this page). Obviously the readings at a single point on the Earth's surface can't be generalized to any conclusions about world climate, but they certainly do show that the longer-term predictions of the UK's Met Office are just plain wrong. For years, their computer models have been predicting warmer summers and winters, and the reality is just the opposite. It is important to note that it is these same long-term models that they (and other climate research organizations around the world) are using to predict climate doom over the coming century, so it is pretty strong evidence that they really don't have a clue how to model the climate.

Despite my personal dislike of warm weather and disbelief in global warming, I really do hope that we are not in line for a long series of colder winters. The prolonged sub-zero temperatures and excessive snow (for the UK) that we've had over the past 2 winters has been unpleasant, to say the least.