Weather outlook

Regional compound-stress detail · crop year 2025/2026 · stage Stem Extension · 2026-05-26

What this shows
The compound stress score aggregates weather deviation across the wheat growth cycle for each DEFRA region, against the long-run regional baseline. Positive = worse than baseline. It's the headline weather feature behind today's call.

Compound stress by region

Region Compound stress Stressed stages
Wales+2.1 ←1
North West & Merseyside+1.6 ←1
North East+0.70
Northern Ireland+0.5 ←1
Scotland+0.40
South West-0.00
West Midlands-0.70
East Midlands-0.80
South East & London-1.00
Yorkshire & The Humber-1.20
Eastern-2.10

← marks regions with one or more stages flagged stressed.

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