Weather outlook

Regional compound-stress detail · crop year 2025/2026 · stage Harvest · 2026-08-28

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
West Midlands+3.9 ←1
South West+3.0 ←1
North West & Merseyside+2.5 ←1
East Midlands+1.8 ←1
Wales+1.8 ←1
South East & London+0.6 ←1
Eastern+0.3 ←1
Yorkshire & The Humber+0.3 ←1
North East+0.20
Northern Ireland+0.1 ←1
Scotland-0.50

← marks regions with one or more stages flagged stressed.

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