Seasonal climate outlooks for Europe December 2025

The document reports that Europe experienced a November 2025 temperature 1.38°C above the 1991-2020 mean, with record highs in central western Russia and record low precipitation in Turkey. For the January-March 2026 period, forecasts project warmer-than-average temperatures across Europe, particularly in the northeast, and generally weakly positive precipitation anomalies, though soil moisture is expected to be weakly negative in Spain, Italy, central Europe, and Turkey.

• Europe's November 2025 temperatures were 1.38°C above the 1991-2020 mean, with significant warmth in eastern and southeastern Europe, Turkey, and central parts of western Russia, where a record high was recorded.
• November 2025 precipitation was mixed, with record lows in much of Turkey and negative anomalies in Iceland, Italy, and the Baltic Sea, while positive anomalies occurred in the UK, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, northwestern Russia, the Balkans, and western Greece.
• Forecasts for January-March 2026 project Europe to be warmer than average, with temperature anomalies ranging from 0.5°C in western Europe to 2°C in northeastern Europe.
• For the January-March 2026 period, most of Europe is expected to have weakly positive precipitation anomalies (up to +10%), while soil moisture is projected to be weakly negative in Turkey, Italy, Spain, and parts of central Europe.

APA

Hansen, B. (2026). Seasonal climate outlooks for Europe December 2025. Climate Strategies. https://climatestrategies.org/seasonal-climate-outlooks-for-europe-december-2025/

Chicago

Hansen, Brynn. Seasonal climate outlooks for Europe December 2025. Climate Strategies, 2026. https://climatestrategies.org/seasonal-climate-outlooks-for-europe-december-2025/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hansen2026seasonal, author = {Hansen, Brynn}, title = {{Seasonal climate outlooks for Europe December 2025}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2026}, month = jan, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/seasonal-climate-outlooks-for-europe-december-2025/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }