With the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) trending toward neutral I thought it would be interesting to see how east London’s climate has been affected over the past year.

Using the 12-month rolling mean for this station the difference is an increase of 0.24C. The increase in rainfall, using the 12-month rolling average, is more stark with an increase of 100.9mm.

I had a look at all other El Nino events back to the early 1960s. Some 5 of 7 events saw an increase in the rolling average mean.

The 12-month rolling average rainfall similarly saw an increase in 5 of the 7 events.

The most notable event was May 1997 to May 1998 which saw the temperature increase by 1.67C and a massive increase in rainfall of nearly 300mm.