'Climate Change' worse in 1975 (rained all year) & 1976 (no rain) Jack Hargreaves Out Of Town (1988)

'Climate Change' worse in 1975 (rained all year) & 1976 (no rain) Jack Hargreaves Out Of Town (1988)
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Jack Hargreaves Climate Change UK Dont Panic 1975 wet-1976 dry Out Of Town E6 (1988)
Heatwave UK: Five great British summers over the last 100 years
Julian Gavaghan
17 July 2013
uk.news.yahoo....
Sizzling, sweltering or scorching - whichever way you describe it, this summer has already been a memorably hot one.
We are currently enjoying the longest spell of blazing sunshine for seven years after enduring a succession of washouts.
But what other historic heatwaves have stood the test of time to be remembered as truly Great British Summers? Below are our top five of the last century:
2003
The highest temperature ever recorded in Britain was set during the sizzling summer of 2003, when the 100-Fahrenheit mark was broken for the first and only time.
The mercury soared to 38.5C (101.3F) at Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent, on August 10, smashing the previous 1990 record of 37.1C (98.8F).
Across Europe, around 70,000 people are believed to have died during the worst heatwave on the continent for almost 500 years.
Britain luckily escaped the worst following a cool and wet two-week period at the end of July and beginning of August.
It led to the worst drought for 27 years and wilting crops led to a 12% shortfall in wheat, causing the price of bread to soar.
But most Britons were simply content to enjoy what was the first sustained heatwave in almost a decade with, notably, a mud-free Glastonbury festival for once.
1976
The hottest British summer on record was 1976, when for 25 straight days the temperature hit at least 26.7C (80F).
For 15 days during the spell, between June 22 and July 16, the mercury soared beyond 32.2C (90F) somewhere in England.
The temperature exceeded 35C (95F) for five blistering days of the heatwave, peaking at 35.9C (96.6F) on July 3 in Cheltenham.
It was perfect weather for women to wear the some of the decade’s notoriously skimpy outfits, although not so great for men with long hair and flairs.
But there were major downsides as Britain suffered its worst drought in history, with water being rationed in some places by standpipes in the streets.
Some areas went without rain from the start of the main heatwave until the last week of August.
1959
Prior to 1976, the most memorably hot summer had been in 1959.
Blue skies dominated the horizons for weeks with most places in southern England seeing temperatures above 21C (70F) for at least 100 days.
It was remembered as a gloriously long and comfortable summer - with only five days exceeding 30C (86f) - and few downpours to spoil picnics.
In fact, there was so little rain that the five months between May and September remain the driest on record and resulted in a drought.
A British Pathé newsreel captured the mood of the nation by reporting - with a degree of astonishment - the first downpour of the summer.
"That stuff, yes it’s called rain, something we used to have in England a long time ago," begins the commentary before showing footage of a parched landscape.
1949
The summer of 1949 - which was the hottest in 30 years - also saw one of the worst droughts on record.
A heatwave between mid-June and the end of July exacerbated the water shortages caused by an earlier dry winter.
In London, even nighttime temperatures did not drop below 24C (75C) during this period.
People took to sleeping in Hyde Park and other cool green spaces rather than sweating in their beds at home.
A British Pathe newsreel shows a host of parched landscapes and how Britons coped with water shortages.
Areas hit by drought included bone-dry Rivington Reservoir near Preston and the unnavigable Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Burnley, both in normally wet Lancashire.
Many in rural areas were left without any supply and water wagons - cars carrying the precious liquid in pails? - were filmed driving around offering it to houses.
And, in Derbyshire, a 100ft drop in levels at the Ladybower Reservoir brought to the surface the remains of the village of Derwent, which was flooded in 1943.

[@rodderz5615]

But ‘global warming’? 2024 coldest summer I’ve known.

[@therespectedlex9794]

I think the maker of this video would agree with you. Back in 1988, and the early 90s, they also used to call it the 'greenhouse effect'. More recently it's climate emergency! 👎

[@robertfarnell8770]

Which is program when I was a child nice to see them again

[@mersmithy1269]

Totally agree!

[@brianmarshall1637]

In East Lancs it was a very good summer indeed,it was 1974 that was very wet indeeAlso I have records.

[@user-vs2wd6fk3m]

Yes...that almost 50 years ago...and what change..we learning maybe.

[@victorpearson1418]

Certainly did not rain all year in 1975 . Snowed in Buxton in June . I remember good hot spells , exceeded by 1976 drought .

[@alangeorgebarstow]

That is very true. After the cold first two weeks in June it was hot and dry for the rest of the summer. As you say 1976 was hot and dry all summer, but it was 1977 when it rained all year. Why do these KZbin posters not check their facts before posting their glaring falsehoods? If the poster had listened carefully to Hargreaves in this clip it is clear he was talking about 1977 as being the wet year with the drought year (1976) coming the year before!

[@victorpearson1418]

@@alangeorgebarstow Even in 1977 , the rain was mainly in the SW , elsewhere good dry spells .Nothing exceptional . British weather is notoriously regional .

[@alangeorgebarstow]

@@victorpearson1418 I beg to differ. In 1977 I lived in North-East Derbyshire and I can assure you it was a soggy summer there. The sun seldom shone.

[@victorpearson1418]

@@alangeorgebarstow I moved to Buxton in 1977 and don't recall anything exceptional , mind you I got married that year ! I was relying on Met Office yearly summaries to refresh my memory .

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

@rodderz5615 - Global warming is starting to destabilise the Gulf Stream, which usually makes UK winters milder and wetter than other parts of northern Europe. Due to the destabilised jet stream, the reason for recent colder temperatures is because the jet stream is further south than normal for this time of year and is bringing cooler drier air from the north, over the UK.

[@mike747436]

It’s the accelerating trend in climate change over several years rather than the weather of individual years that points to a problem surely?

[@therespectedlex9794]

This guy was a paid up (club member) TV host.