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by mikeash 2856 days ago
No, they are not the record being referred to here.
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soperj 2856 days ago
Clearly not. When you just dismiss any records that are below the current drought, then all droughts can become record breaking.
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mikeash 2856 days ago
That is not what’s being done. “The record” is a defined set of data that’s considered to be reliable. In this case, it covers the period starting when consistent, scientific meteorological observations were being regularly recorded.
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