 Despite this, September 2006 was again the warmest September on record, in the UK and elsewhere, due to high ocean temperatures, altered atmospheric pressure zones, and consequent different wind directions over Europe.The pressure zone changes were a consequence of the extra-tropical remnants of Atlantic hurricanes settling over the British Isles.The Met Office announced on 16 October 2006 that the extended summer of May to September 2006 was the hottest summer ever recorded, the Central England temperature mean temperature of for this summer was warmer than the average temperatures of 1961–1990.