By Paul Homewood
Must be global warming!!
Scotland has recorded its hottest ever temperature, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
On Thursday 28 June, a temperature of 33.2C degrees was measured in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.
It exceeds the 32.9C recorded in August 2003, at Greycrook in the Borders.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44683637
On interrogating the Met Office, it turns out that the Motherwell reading comes from Strathclyde Country Park, and the co-ordinates given by them put the thermometer either bang in the middle of either a concrete or tarmac car park, or on the building roof sat in it. (I assume its not in six foot of water!)
As any half competent meteorologist will tell you, this is the last place you should site on. For instance, Weather Works advise:
Place the thermometer over a grassy or dirt surface. Concrete and pavement attract much more heat than grass. That is why…
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