Very much on the mild side Gavin. Latest output this morning supports a CET for the second half of February of 7C. That would push the overall mean for the month to just above 6C.
If that verifies the CET for the winter as a whole would finish at just about exactly 6C which is 1.5C above the 1971-2000 mean.
Odds on now for the warmest winter since 2006/7.
The winter CET has only exceeded 6C on six occasions since 1900 with all bar one of them since 1975.
Prior to 1900 the winter CET exceeded 6C on five occasions.
So this winter could be the 12th warmest on record in the CET series.
Originally Posted by: Global Warming