That does sound about right. My latest calculations this evening suggest that the CET for the 10 days from 22 Jul to 31 July will come in at 14.20C. This is exactly the same figure as was recorded for the same 10 days in 1965.
There have been several years before 1965 when the CET for the last 10 days of July was only slightly above 14.2C. But to find a year where the last 10 days of July were lower than 14.2C you have to go back to 1902 when the figure was 13.99C. So we could see the coldest last 10 days of July since 1902.
Looking further back the coldest last 10 days of July since 1772 was 12.95C in 1845.
The CET return today was not too bad at 15.97C. If we just look at the last 9 days of July 2015 could see a CET mean of just 14.00C.
My calculations suggest the CET has fallen below 17C today and is now likely to finish at just 16.1C.
Originally Posted by: Global Warming