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ClimateThe GuardianEvent: AustraliaNewsroom: United KingdomAttributed to source2026-10-24About 1 min to read this excerpt2 versionsDesk template

The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check

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The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check

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The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/25/bom-temperature-record-keeping-under-attack-again

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  • Whether a second independent allowlisted outlet publishes on the same development.
  • Whether later excerpts change the numbers or the framing.

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Previous facts

An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Australia’s climate has warmed by more than 1.5C since 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s main long-term temperature data. If you were so motivated, you might think if you could discredit this data, then you would undermine the whole climate change story and even – perhaps – the rationale for cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Recent facts

An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Australia’s climate has warmed by more than 1.5C since 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s main long-term temperature data. If you were so motivated, you might think if you could discredit this data, then you would undermine the whole climate change story and even – perhaps – the rationale for cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Attributed conclusion

The Guardian has not changed the public excerpt since the previous scan. ENC is not independently verifying the facts.

  1. First on desk · 10/24/2026, 10:00:52 PM
    The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check
    Original link
  2. Update · 10/24/2026, 10:00:52 PM
    The BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature Check
    Original link
The Guardian reports the following. ENC is republishing it as an attributed briefing, not as independently confirmed fact. If this item is false or incomplete, the responsibility sits with The Guardian, which released it. An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Australia’s climate has warmed by more than 1.5C since 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s main long-term temperature data. If you were so motivated, you might think if you could discredit this data, then you would undermine the whole climate change story and even – perhaps – the rationale for cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading... Original link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/25/bom-temperature-record-keeping-under-attack-again

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An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Australia’s climate has warmed by more than 1.5C since 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s main long-term temperature data. If you were so motivated, you might think if you could discredit this data, then you would undermine the whole climate change story and even – perhaps – the rationale for cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

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