January: Highest UK January temperature on record. 19.9C, exceeding the Feb 1998 temperature of 19.7, before that was broken by the ludicrous 21.2C in February 2019.
February: Warmest winter CET day on record at 13.7C (warmer than the average for June 2013).
March: Beginning cool before high pressure builds in around the 20th. Winds turn southerly for a time with a mean of 7.8C overall (compared to 7.9C for February). A max of 21C recorded in London on the 23rd.
April: Bog standard month with a remarkable heat spike on the 30th. 29.9C recorded in London.
May: An exceptionally mild yet wet month. A 14C CET, boosted by overnight temperatures. Very cloudy with a long fetch SW stream.
June: Begins in the same vein of May before high pressure builds to the west. Turns cooler but sunnier, a dry month overall. Turns hot in the final week as the Iberian high builds in, boosting the CET to 15.8C. A maximum temperature of 30C is recorded on the 28th.
July: Wow. The Iberian high evolves into a larger Euro high. Initially very warm and dry with temperatures exceeding 30C. The high moves westwards and stretches up towards Scandinavia. An extremely unusual pattern, resembling an amplified version of September 2023, see winds drawn from the African continent for 7 days straight. Temperatures soar across Europe, with temperatures exceeding 50C in Italy. Eastern parts of the UK see two consecutive 40C days. CET is a bonkers 21.2C.
August: High pressure moves northwards, dragging in a cooler SE feed. Temperatures drop to high twenties across the UK, although Northern Ireland records a new all time maximum of 34C, almost 3C above the 2021 record. Winds finally turn westerly in the final week. Overall CET 18.3C.
September. SW winds prevail. Legacy warmth in the Bay of Biscay keeps temperatures elevated until winds finally turn NW. A remarkable 15C drop in temperatures over 24 hours is recorded across much of the UK.
October: Very cool. A CET of 9C with frequent sunny spells. Snowfall across much of Scotland on the 29th.
November: Winds turn back SW and the CET rises to 9.2C, ahead of October.
December: Cold. High pressure builds to the north and strong NE winds originating deep in Siberia drag in cold air very quickly before it can be modified substantially. CET of 1.7C
What a fantasy eh?