We ended up with 4 CET date records in a row, just missing out on a fifth on the 20th.
The CET is still holding up well with a double digit return today. Currently my calculations have the CET at 9.86C.
Over the next 3 days it will be relatively cool in comparison to what we have seen most of this month. Still mild but the CET will drop back about 0.2C.
But from Boxing Day onwards it is now looking very mild again. Further CET date records are possible. Boxing Day itself now looks close to a record. The 27th is looking highly likely to be record breaking and the 30th could also be a record.
Currently I am expecting the CET to finish at 9.82C. We are most unlikely to get back to 10C now due to the cooler conditions expected over the next 3 days but a 9.9C finishing number is not out of the question.
To put this December into context it is worth repeating again that this month will be warmer than every other December, January, February and March on record. It will also be warmer than every November on record apart from November 1994. It will also be warmer than all bar 6 of the last 66 April's (and all bar 21 of the 357 Aprils in the CET series).
The warmest Nov / Dec period on record is 8.25C in 1994. This year we could see 9.65C so breaking the existing record by 1.4C.
Edited by user
22 December 2015 23:34:01
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