You can now start to get a real sense of how warm this year has been and why I started the chart below a couple of months ago. The CET record is on course to be blown away this year.
Based on current output the annual CET mean is forecast to be at 11.53C by 28 November.
The current record high as at 28 Nov is 11.34C in 1995. So we are likely to be about 0.2C above the record high.
We are still on course to finish the year above 11C but of course a cold December could still change things considerably.