Hottest day in May, ever!!!

The Meteorological Office in Luqa, Malta has been keeping weather records for the past 84 years, i.e since 1922. It is the official source of weather data. The record high for May was reached on Tuesday 23 May, 2006, the bulb reading 35.3 degrees Celsius. That is 10 degrees higher than average for the month of May. The previous high was recorded on two days in 1945 (22nd and 23 May) at 34.4 degrees Celsius.

The previous day, Monday, was the warmest May day in 12 years, reaching 33.7 degrees Celsius.

Climate change or freak weather?

A couple of days with freak or extreme temperature cannot be seen as proof of climate change, since climate is a measure of weather over a spread of years such as 15 - 20 years. However, such extremes may be a telling sign. And if scientists tell us that the last few years were among the hottest ever recorded on a global level, then that puts things a little into perspective.

The three warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998; 19 of the warmest 20 since 1980 (http://www.newscientist.com/popuparticle.ns?id=in20)

Who to you beleive, scientists and experts who practically live in the field, or politicians who see only a nose-length away?