> This is about patterns though, not single events. I agree, and I don't think we know enough. > The point isn’t just that Scotland is snow-free with record-b

> This is about patterns though, not single events. I agree, and I don't think we know enough. > The point isn’t just that Scotland is snow-free with record-breaking heat this year, but that it has been increasingly snow-free and hotter in recent times. I agree that snow coverage has seen a trend of reduction, my point is this specific event has happened before, and we should be careful about how we handle that. > Has NZ been getting colder at the same time rest of the world is heating up, or did they just have one colder winter than normal? It was one unusually cold winter at the same time as a heatwave in the UK.