The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, or the ECMWF, have released their latest seasonal forecast and it makes for some interesting viewing. Above is the mean 500 millibar height anomaly chart for the period November-December-January. This indicates higher than normal heights extending across the North Atlantic and into western

Data from the Met Office shows that the UK as a whole was drier, sunnier and warmer than average throughout September 2020 when compared to the long-term average conditions. This statement stands true for each nation taken individually as well. The mean temperature across the UK was up by 0.7C,