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Hello, West Midlands weather forecast Friday 27 Jun - Tuesday 1 Jul Headline: Cloudy at first, but some sunshine breaking through later. Today: Dry and fine, though rather gloomy at first with mainly cloudy skies. Turning brighter by the afternoon, with warm spells of sunshine becoming more prolonged. Breezy, especially across the hills, but warm and feeling increasingly humid. Maximum temperature 25 °C. Tonight: Mainly dry but increasingly cloudy, with the best of the evening sunshine confined to the east. Winds gradually easing, but feeling warm and muggy overnight. Minimum temperature 17 °C. Saturday: Cloudy for many with a few further spots of rain and drizzle across the hills, but most places remaining dry. Feeling warm and muggy with winds continuing to ease. Maximum temperature 27 °C. Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday: Mainly dry from Sunday with lengthy spells of sunshine developing by Monday. Humid, very warm or hot, with light winds. Feeling fresher with the risk of rain from Tuesday. Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 27 Jun 2025

Hello, Helens question regards history this morning, is so mind searching. I'm constantly looking at historical weather data & records. As in accounting, I try to separate facts from speculation. No buts! Facts or speculation! Documented nationally recognised weather records started in the USA, 1770. Then another hundred years before the UK & Norway were paying attention to weather data. It only became a UK serious feature at the start of the twentieth century. In essence, the world has only had consistent weather recording for just over a century. Speculation is possibly a bit harsh, because we know by evidence of the little ice age, but that isn't a digital record. It's a good wholesome record. The Roman export of English wine, described by both Romans & Phoenicians as superb, in 3AD, superior to anything commercially produced anywhere, indicates a possible "Mediterranean" climate, which by the time of the Norman's arriving required them to built inland boats to achieve the census. That's why I'm sceptical of much of the current global warming "speculation'. The records produced by folk without an axe to grind, for the last 5000 years, don't say what I am being told. Hypocrisies are rife. We cannot mine our own coal, search for gas or oil, but it's ok to buy it in to burn it. Have a lovely day all.

I believe that England actually pips the US for temperature records. The longest, continuous, instrumental temperature record is the Central England Temperature (CET) series, which begins in 1659. As you'll know it averages three different locations in England. It gets a bit dodgy prior to about 1730 but amazing just the same.

Hello This is fascinating. It's often catastrophic events that bring our attention to a particular subject. 1659, the UK was being caught up in one of the many devastating plagues. I wonder what what was going on over the pond in 1770?