UK Covid death toll

[Borin' Baggie]

'75 was a hot one as well; exceptional by normal standards then eclipsed by '76.

Normal standards? 1976 has been matched 3 times in the 21st century, the last time in 2018, so I'm not sure it's exceptional anymore.

I've not looked it up, but although temperatures might have been surpassed, I'm pretty sure we went about 2-3 months without any rain or very little, so not sure that has been matched.

2018 was drier, as noted by the greater amount of crop failure and wildfires. I think 2020 had the dryest month on record as well.


The main thing is that in 2018 we were able to adapt quicker due to the lower standard deviation from the mean temperatures than in 1976, owing to global warming.