Weather tracker: unseasonably warm October across Europe breaks records

Above-average temperatures across northern hemisphere come amid an extremely warm year for Britain

The UK and much of Europe experienced well above normal temperatures during the second month of the meteorological autumn, in what was a very warm month for the northern hemisphere as a whole.

Persistent low pressure in the Atlantic and higher pressure across central and southern Europe helped feed mild air from the south/south-west for prolonged periods in October.