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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 27/05/2026

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

Spaghetti chart showing Oxford Radcliffe Observatory daily maximum temperatures for every day of the year from 1815 to 2026. 211 years of historical data are shown as very faint grey lines tracing a seasonal cycle from around 5°C in winter to a summer peak of roughly 25–30°C in July and August. A blue smoothed 30-day mean line highlights the average annual temperature cycle. The 2026 line is shown in bold red, running from January through to late May before spiking sharply upward to reach 33.7°C on 26 May, well above the entire historical grey envelope for that time of year. A single dashed red reference line marks the previous May record of 30.6°C set on 29 May 1944. The 2026 reading exceeds this by 3.1°C and, in statistical terms, is the 6th most anomalous maximum temperature in Oxford's 211-year record, ranking as the most anomalous May maximum ever observed and coming within 0.6°C of the all-time June record of 34.3°C set in 1976.

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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 25/05/2026

34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.

Spaghetti plot showing Kew and Kew Gardens temperatures since 1881 with May and June records highlighted at 30.3ºC in 1922 and 34.6ºC in 1976 respectively. 2026 is plotted as a thick red line that nearly exceeds 35ºC with a value of 34.8ºC.

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James Cracknell @jollyjourno.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We at Social Spider CIC (a tiny not-for-profit local news publisher) had journalists at *seven* different London election counts today/last night. Here's a little thread of our coverage. I think it shows why local journalism is still super important and should be better funded and supported 😜

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

this is one of the most complacent comments on climate change from a person in a serious political position in recent times

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚨🚨 The 2015-2025 period was the warmest 11 years since observations started, with ocean heat and acidification at record levels, and continuing rises in sea levels and the retreat of glaciers www.ft.com/content/e839...

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Oceans take in a lot of heat as Earth’s energy imbalance hits record

Rate of solar radiation stored in the planet has accelerated over past two decades

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

In case anyone thought that denying climate science and firing scientists would stop the climate crisis, think again. www.axios.com/2025/03/19/c...

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Climate change indicators blinking red as Earth continues to warm

A new report illustrates how fundamentally and quickly the planet is warming.

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Barnet Post @barnetpost.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Nearly a third of children have rotting teeth in Barnet 30.1% of five-year-olds in Barnet had dental decay in the 2023-24 academic year reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter barnetpost.co.uk/?p=39844

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Nearly a third of children have rotting teeth in Barnet

30.1% of five-year-olds in Barnet had dental decay in the 2023-24 academic year reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter

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Barnet Post @barnetpost.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Barnet Council requests £59million bailout Leader Barry Rawlings said financial pressures were particularly bad in the outer London 'care home belt' barnetpost.co.uk/2025/01/27/b...

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Barnet Council requests £59million bailout

Leader Barry Rawlings said financial pressures were particularly bad in the outer London 'care home belt'

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 10/01/2025

World hits 1.5C warming Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/12/2024

Breaking news! November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline. Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.

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