Weather outlook

Regional compound-stress detail · crop year 2026/2027 · stage Drilling · 2026-10-28

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
North West & Merseyside+2.1 ←1
Wales+1.7 ←1
Northern Ireland+0.60
South West+0.50
Scotland+0.40
South East & London+0.00
West Midlands-0.10
Eastern-0.30
East Midlands-0.40
North East-0.70
Yorkshire & The Humber-0.90

← marks regions with one or more stages flagged stressed.

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