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• The Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research keeps records on the average temperature for Central England
• Central England Temperature is representative of a roughly triangular area enclosed by Bristol, Manchester and London
• The centre has established a record extending back to 1659 with monthly figures
• A data set showing an 8 year moving average of differences from the mean temperature in the period 1961 to 2003 is available for download from The Environment Agency
• More details of the CET are available from The Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia
• A table showing monthly temperatures from 1990 is available on the CRU Web site

Your turn

1. Download the data from the Environment Agency – it is available as an Excel spreadsheet – and plot your own line graph
2. Describe the trend shown in the Excel spreadsheet in words – just a short sentence suitable for a non-specialist audience

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