Someone called iCowboy posted a comment on Iain Dale’s Diary saying:
1934 vs. 1998 – the difference is 0.01 Celsius between those two years, but the statistics definitely show that 1998 sits well within a warm period, 1934 was generally cooler.
in response to claims that 1934 was actually warmer than 1998.
Proposition:
1934 is (at most) 0.01 degree Celsius warmer than 1998
Methodology:
Scan through the station-year records, find any which cover both 1934 and 1998 with reasonably-complete (>90%) data and check the temperature difference between them.
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