Well, not exactly, but it is a first step. From Climate Depot - Dutch climate skeptics vindicated: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute reinstates seven pre-1950 heatwaves after long battle
The Netherlands Metorological Institute had edited climate history to REMOVE old heat waves, that did not fit the narrative.
Seven years after Dutch skeptics first challenged KNMI’s temperature adjustments, the institute has reinstated seven “lost” pre-1950 heatwaves at De Bilt — validating claims of over-correction that had erased 16 out of 23 historical extremes.
What were the edits?
In 2016, KNMI homogenized their daily temperatures for the period 1901-1950 because of a change in measurement method in 1950 (Pagoda screen to Stevenson screen) and a displacement 300 meter towards open field in 1951. They had parallel measurement for the change in screens but not for the displacement and therefore they had decided to homogenize De Bilt statistically by comparing it with a station 150 kilometers northeast (a place called Eelde) from De Bilt. The homogenization had a negligible effect on the average temperature. However the hottest days of the year (In The Netherlands this means Tmax of around 30oC) in the period 1901-1950 were corrected downwards by up to 1.9oC. Because of this, 16 out of those 23 heatwaves vanished from the official records.
KNMI is not the only "scientific organization" to do such editing. Because otherwise the narrative wouldn't be as easy to defend.
The way to fix this was to publish a peer-reviewed paper. Click thru for the details.
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