New paper finds European temperatures are not unusual or unprecedented — Published in Climate of the Past
Study 'reconstructs temperatures in Switzerland from 1444 to 2011 on the basis of grape harvest dates and finds temps were about same as today at beginning of the record around 1450 AD, and temps of today have been matched or exceeded several times in the past. In addition, paper finds European temps during summer of 1540 were 4.7 °C to 6.8 °C higher than those of 2003, causing more extreme heat & drought than the 'record breaking' heat & drought of 2003'
