Floor Climb - so erratic

ok - now I know the floor climb is never going to be that reliable but a degree of consistency would be highly desirable. Ever since 8.00 my 5S has been anything but whereas before it was ok, now it's all over the place. As an example ever day (well 6 days out of 7) I walk up the hill (125 m assent 25 m desent) to my house at virtually the same pace and along exactly the same route. Today I had to do it twice. My first trip today registered just 7 floors. My second trip 16 floors! The only difference was this morning the temperature was about 28C whilst the 2nd was about 35C and on the 1st the barometer was steady whilst on the second it was falling slightly (0.3 HPa per hour). Roughly the same pace for both so it's reasonable to assume the same number and amplitude of arm swings - oh and no there was precious little wind around to mess anything up.