Talk:Climate of London
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[edit] Non-NPOV statements in this article
Weather articles find themselves particularly susceptible to to non-npov statements. We need to keep a vigil on this sort of thing. I've removed a few statements that I had already removed from the climate section of the London article.
with warm but seldom hot summers, cool but rarely severe winters
Whether or not a temperature is warm, hot, cool or severe is 100% pure unadulterated point of view. Readers of this article will have a different perception of what 'hot', 'warm', 'cool' and 'severe' means depending on what sort of climate they're used to. If I were to apply my point of view to wikipedia pages you'd be reading an opinion that suggest 20 degrees celsius is cold, 26 is warm/comfortable and 36 is hot.
London's average annual precipitation of 584 mm (22.9 inches) is lower than that of Rome or Sydney
A statement such as this one, left unqualified, is open to the interperetation that this is some sort of unusual phenomenon or that London has better weather than Sydney and Rome. The truth is, all sub-tropical regions receive more rain than temperate regions but unlike temperate cities, sub-tropical cities generally receive that rain in short spurts of heavy rain. They have fewer rain days and shorter periods of rain within those days.
It is generally felt that the British climate turned warmer in around the mid 1980s and if averages were available for more recent periods, they would probably show somewhat higher average temperatures.
I removed this because it is unqualified, unsourced, it seems to be based on anecdotal evidence and is attempting to discredit the official statistics based on that anecdotal evidence.
The truth is everybody is surprised to see their 'average' temperature figures. That doesn't make them inaccurate. It's merely an example of how Anecdotal Evidence can be, and usually is, unreliable. Factoid Killer 19:07, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] BBC Weather Source
Firstly, the link provided as the source of this information only links to a 5 day forecast and doesn't contain any of this data.
Secondly, it contradicts the Met Office data.
Thirdly, by suggesting that London's avg daily high temperature for the summer months actually does sit at around the 24 degree mark, you're suggesting that london summer temperatures are basically identical to those of Los Angeles and Sydney. I find that very difficult to believe.
If a decent source cannot be provided i'm going to change the data back to that sourced from the met office. NSWelshman 23:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and the current table also contradicts the mean daily high temps shown in the graph below it. NSWelshman 23:03, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
