It's official, temperatures have fallen since we joined the EU in 1975. The chart below shows the mean temperature anomaly compared to 1981-2010. Scotland and Ireland as well as northern England became colder, although temperatures hovered close to average in England and Wales. For our (former) European partners temperatures have warmed considerably, most

A consensus appears to be forming amongst climate models and the analogues as to where autumn may take us. Here's the latest output from the UK Met Office model for September through October showing sea level pressure anomalies. Notice the below average pressure to the north of the UK and the

  Thoughts are turning to the winter (yes, I know we are barely into summer) and to next spring. The CFS does this with sea temperatures during December 2016 through February 2017 ... Notice the warmer water still in evidence around the UK and the cold 'blob' mid Atlantic? That's leans towards a