Temperatures are still well above average right across the country today even in the north. Yes, it’s much cooler colder north of latitude 53° north, but anomalies here at 12 UTC are still generally 2 or 3°C above the 1981-2010 LTA for this time of day. In the warm sector in the south anomalies are generally 5 to 8°C above average. The mildest place at 12 UTC was Exeter airport, where thanks to the shelter from the W’SWl’y flow by Dartmoor to its west it’s a balmy 14.3°C, which I make 8.1°C above the average for the 21st of December. We desperately need a spell of northerlies just to lower temperatures and even then they won’t be far of average.