The UK Met Office is being accused by journalist Ray Sanders of the Daily Sceptic of making up temperature data from over 100 weather stations that don’t exist. This raises questions about the accuracy of climate data used by the government and for research.
A new investigation shows that Britain’s official weather service seems to be making up a lot of the temperature readings it puts out there. In his open letter to Peter Kyle MP, Sanders states that he has demonstrated with hard evidence that the Met Office is “clearly fabricating” data.
Sanders says that 103 of the 302 weather stations listed by the Met Office do not exist after a series of Freedom of Information requests and field visits. Four stations in his home county of Kent are said to be producing data even though they were closed decades ago.
These worries were shared in an open letter to Peter Kyle, the new Labour Science Minister. In it, Sanders calls for a “open declaration” of data errors to stop the spread of false climate statistics.
Sanders’ investigation also shows that the Met Office uses poorly labeled and placed stations that could give wrong readings, which could change national temperature records.
Sanders questions the scientific accuracy of using this kind of data to support climate initiatives like “Net Zero.” He points out problems like sites in cities that soak up heat and those with a Class 4 or 5 classification rating from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which means that errors of up to 5°C are possible.
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