The Met Office admits past storms were much worse – any thoughts on this?

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Paul Homewood

Back to the Met Office's State of the UK Climate Report 2023.

This time, let’s take a look at Storm:

https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/joc.8553

Despite the many silly names the Met Office gives to every passing low-pressure system, and despite their constant touting of the high wind speeds on mountaintops and clifftops, this new report acknowledges that past storms were far worse:

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In addition to peak wind speeds, average wind speeds also appear to decrease over time:

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