We often hear the claim that blue skies and sunshine are a thing of the past because of "chemtrails" (the claim is sometimes made even by those who accept that the trails in the sky are simply contrails).
Is this true? It appears not, at least in the UK, which sees plenty of air traffic and plenty of contrails. The winter just gone, i.e. Dec 1 2014 to Feb 28 2015, was the sunniest since records began in 1929. Final data aren't in yet, but the previous record of 189 hours had been equalled by February 25, with three days still to go.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2015/sunniest-winter-on-record
Is this true? It appears not, at least in the UK, which sees plenty of air traffic and plenty of contrails. The winter just gone, i.e. Dec 1 2014 to Feb 28 2015, was the sunniest since records began in 1929. Final data aren't in yet, but the previous record of 189 hours had been equalled by February 25, with three days still to go.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2015/sunniest-winter-on-record
Note also that the previous record was set in 2001, well after most chemtrail believers say that the "spraying" began. The sunniest entire year on record in the UK is also in the relatively recent past: 2003.27 February 2015 - This winter is very likely to be a record breaker. Provisional Met Office statistics show that the UK has had its sunniest winter in records dating back to 1929.
While the figures for temperature and rainfall are fairly average, it has been one of, if not the sunniest winter in UK records dating back to 1929.
By 25 February the UK had already seen 189 hours of sunshine, equalling the 2001 record, but with 3 more days left to the end of the meteorological winter we are likely to beat that record by about 7 hours.