Why we shouldn’t confuse climate and weather
by Robin McKie from on (#Y7TZ)
Most factors in intense storms and hurricanes are short-term phenomena but there are longer-term influences
We have always been baffled by the weather and have often used strange arguments to explain its unexpected behaviour. More than 2,000 years ago, one hapless Roman citizen was so worried that unusual gales and storms might be due to the impiety of the nation that he asked the gods for guidance via a carved lead tablet which he left at a local oracle.
Today we have a better idea of the factors that influence our weather, though we still struggle to make sense of the reams of data - wind, pressure, sunshine, temperature, moisture levels, and other factors - that we now know influence the daily regimes of rain and sun that we experience.
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