On Factorio 1.0, it seems like the mining speed is not the number of items mined since the last update, but an average over a longer period of time. I do not recall this being a problem in Factorio 0.17 and earlier. This is especially noticeable on ore fields with a highly variable production (a high production, but only occasional trains fetching ore) or as an ore field is drying up.
The first case will show production long after all belts are fully backed up, and the second case will show that production is higher than it actually is, with the production rate very slowly dropping according to YARM, even though the extraction rate is constant.