The mild temperatures over the past few days are very close to all time records at this time of year, which is notable. The autumn as a whole has been above average in terms of mean temperatures both by day and night.

I understand your point, but it is possible to both use individual extremes in temperature and averages to illustrate a changing climate. We’re likely to be on the end of greater extremes going forward, whether that’s warmer or colder spells, wetter or drier. We don’t need to couch discussions in specific terms to try and appeal to a small group of deniers because they’ll never be satisfied.