Metcheck                      3.15c                   Anomaly              -1.84c
Netweather                   3.39c                   Anomaly              -1.72c    
Peasedown st John         3.15c                  Anomaly               -3.68c.

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Hadley

2.6c to the 26th

1.9c below the 61 to 90 average
2.0c below the 81 to 10 average

Nailed on now to record the first 11c+ annual CET in the Hadley CET series.

 A truly historic and incredible year for record warm temperatures in the uk, the highlight being the first recorded 40c+ back in July!

Yes, it has indeed been a remarkable year with temps so much higher than I ever thought I’d see in this country.  I found it quite scary at the time but pleased I experienced it. 

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Metcheck                  3.31c             Anomaly        -1.68c
Netweather               3.52c             Anomaly        -1.59c
Peasedown St John   2.61c           Anomaly         -4.22c.

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Hadley

2.7c to the 27th

1.8c below the 61 to 90 average
1.9c below the 81 to 10 average

This looks like going down to the wire and the winning post can't come soon enough for JM2005 (like the 1973 Grand National when Red Rum caught Crisp - see it on you tube)
JM2005 looked home and dry 10 days ago when the DEC CET was 0.4c. Now its 2.73c after 27 days.
An average of 8c over the next 4 days would take it to 3.41c for AP Snowman to win.

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This looks like going down to the wire and the winning post can't come soon enough for JM2005 (like the 1973 Grand National when Red Rum caught Crisp - see it on you tube)
JM2005 looked home and dry 10 days ago when the DEC CET was 0.4c. Now its 2.73c after 27 days.
An average of 8c over the next 4 days would take it to 3.41c for AP Snowman to win.

Good work Frank. Think I am going to finish agonisingly close behind though.

 

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I’d be happy to finish in the middle of the table.  That’s where I usually end up. 😂

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For me this has been a classic year for weather up there with 1995.

It had everything..

Severe droughtAn exceptionally hot August and exceptional hot days with new date records in JulyAn exceptionally mild drought busting autumn
And then to cap it all off, the longest and severest winter cold snap perhaps since Dec 2010. 
The Jiries and richardabns of the board may disagree but for me that's as good as UK weather gets tbh from a pure watching perspective .
From a practical perspective of course I'd prefer a more boring and average 2023 as appreciate these extremes have caused anxiety and difficulty for many, myself included... 

Metcheck                      3.52c              Anomaly           -1.46c
Netweather                   3.73c              Anomaly           -1.38c
Peasedown St John         3.67c             Anomaly            -3.16c.
 

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2.9°C to 28th

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Metcheck                  3.63c                 Anomaly          -1.37c
Netweather               3.86c                 Anomaly          -1.25c
Peasedwn St John    3.71c                Anomaly          -3.12c. 

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Hadley

3.1c to the 29th

1.5c below the 61 to 90 average
1.5c below the 81 to 10 average

Metcheck                3.83c             Anomaly          -1.17c
Netweather             4.04c             Anomaly          -1.07c
Peasedown St John  3.83c             Anomaly          -3.0c

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3.2c to the 30th.

Down to the wire!😬

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Looking at today's (very mild!) temps and with another mild night ahead, the final figure is probably going to be in the 3.3 to 3.5°C range depending on how slowly temps fall tonight.

So yes, down the wire on whether it's JMM2005 or AP that gets the win!

Looks like I'll be landing in 6th place, having only needed the CET to be a few tenths lower for a podium finish. Overall I'm very happy with how many of my estimates have fallen within 0.5°C of the actual this year. Those estimates were produced using a blend of meteorological analysis and 'winging it' whenever the signals were too vague.

Another year beckons - Happy New Year and good luck to all!

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Main metoffice page still showing 30 Dec but data sheet now updated to 31st showing final Dec number as 3.4c.
I make this 3.42c to 2 decimals - would someone like to check this.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/cet_mean_2022.txt 

This would make Lanky the monthly winner with a 3.5c prediction.

But what a sickener for Justin (JMM2005) who has led the annual competition most of the year until the final day only to lose out to the winner AP Snowman. Winning margin 0.03c with SSWD a further 0.01c behind in 3rd

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Main metoffice page still showing 30 Dec but data sheet now updated to 31st showing final Dec number as 3.4c.
I make this 3.42c to 2 decimals - would someone like to check this.
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/cet_mean_2022.txt 

This would make Lanky the monthly winner with a 3.5c prediction.

But what a sickener for Justin (JMM2005) who has led the annual competition most of the year until the final day only to lose out to the winner AP Snowman. Winning margin 0.03c with SSWD a further 0.01c behind in 3rd

I went for way too high with something like 5.0C
 

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Looks like the year came in at 11.15c so smashed the record. 
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/cet_info_mean.html 

Comiserations to JMM2005. If confirmed I took the lead at the last second. Chuffed to to win it though 😁.



 

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