Weather

Babs03

@RosiesMaw2, the average temps for this summer are mainly caused by the much cooler temps in the North, but there has very much been a North/South divide. Here in the South the weather has been sunny and dry for weeks now, with just a couple of days when there were grey skies and rain, in fact the good weather started just before the schools broke up and temps are still 20/21 all this week . Am not rubbing it in, tbh has been too hot for me on occasion and the lawn is dried stubble.
I think the kids down here definitely got a good summer hol.

I live in the Home Cointues- does that qualify as South? - and most of agree that this has been a pretty underwhelming summer. Temperatures of 20/21 are nothing to write home about and sunny spells have tended to be just that - a few days - apart from a glorious week at the end of June and the odd week in July and August. I won’t argue that it has been dry but the last 48 hours have sorted that ☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️☔️

Sallywally1,

As summer is almost over and the temperatures have lowered, have you got your blankets and extra duvets out for winter yet?
Be sure to give them all an airing, and bleed your radiators so you get optimal heat from them.
Also, put foil behind your radiators so the heat radiates back into the rooms!

It really was Indian Summer weather here yesterday - even the wind was warm!

@RosiesMaw2, the average temps for this summer are mainly caused by the much cooler temps in the North, but there has very much been a North/South divide. Here in the South the weather has been sunny and dry for weeks now, with just a couple of days when there were grey skies and rain, in fact the good weather started just before the schools broke up and temps are still 20/21 all this week . Am not rubbing it in, tbh has been too hot for me on occasion and the lawn is dried stubble.
I think the kids down here definitely got a good summer hol.

Well,fancy that?
I think we could have told them
THIS summer was the coolest in nearly a decade despite the overall warming trend of climate change, the Met Office has said
The average summer temperature was 14.37C, as northerly winds brought cold Arctic air to the country. This is 0.22C below the UK long-term average between 1991-2020. The last time the average summer temperature was this low was 2015, when it hit 13.91C

My apologies to you all, I hadn't noticed that it was a post from June.

buffyfly9

Germanshepherdsmum

Just come in from the garden. I should have done more but the wind is so cold. Glad to get back indoors.

Nice to see you are back GSM.

That post is from June. I thought I had missed something.

Germanshepherdsmum

Just come in from the garden. I should have done more but the wind is so cold. Glad to get back indoors.

Nice to see you are back GSM.

I purchased a heavy duty raincoat yesterday. I was tempted to take off the tags and wear it! 😂

I can never understand the world-wide obsession with summer! I absolutely hate it! Give me beautiful winter each and every time!

Marydoll

Our heating has been coming on in the early morning.

What is air con? 😂

Air con is what we call windows!

Our heating has been coming on in the early morning.

What is air con? 😂

Babs03

The weather in London and the whole of the south east has been pretty hot for weeks, even too hot on occasion. There has been occasional rain but not nearly enough.
Looking at he grass in the parks there is scorched.

Our grass in the back garden is sodden and the golf course had to close, because it was waterlogged. You can have some of our torrential rain, Babs. I am happy to share. 😉

The weather in London and the whole of the south east has been pretty hot for weeks, even too hot on occasion. There has been occasional rain but not nearly enough.
Looking at he grass in the parks there is scorched.

Sallywally1

Apparently the met office say we have had the hottest spring since records began. Do they live in a parallel universe? I have been so, so cold these last couple of months. I live in london and there has been a permanent black cloud which won’t shift, apart from yesterday! Hurry up summer! We’ve even had the heating on once or twice which was unheard of for us in April/may! And it has rained and rained.

That's weird because I also live in London and we've had lots of hot sunny days. In fact the Air/Con has been on most days and quite often in the night as well. My garden has been complaining of lack of rain too.

When the Met Office say it is the warmest/driest/coldest Spring for xx years they are taking into account the whole range of temperatures/rainfall etc across the whole of the UK.

Apparently Scotland and Ireland had a warmer start to the year than usual. It may only have been 1 degree warmer, but it may be enough to put the overall temperature up by a quarter of a degree.

We've had a really dry year where I live but the amount of rainfall in other places could make it a 'much wetter Summer than usual' as far as the Met Office is concerned.

It feels like weather forecasts aren’t getting it right. I’ve noticed in the north east we get yellow warnings for bad weather but most often it doesn't occur. Maybe we are lucky but are the forecasts efficient?

What you cannot get away from is that immense changes are taking place in the climate, it is getting hotter and more unstable all over the world

Whether this is manmade change or natural change is actually irrelevant. What we do need to do is to stop human activity making the situation worse. Hence we need to move away from human activities that aggravate the situation. These can be as basic as stopping the removal of forests and jungles and planting more trees, to reducing our consumption of hydrocarbons.

midgey

Good grief MadeinYorkshire! Cloud and cuckoo come to mind.

Maybe, have you looked at the documentary? Keep an open mind ...

Good grief MadeinYorkshire! Cloud and cuckoo come to mind.

I really feel the cold and at this time of year I’m usually spending a lot of time outside. I had my breakfast and lunch outside but the wind was chilly and my legs were cold under my skirt.
I know younger people don’t like to wear tights these days, but I’m going back to them (10 denier so not thick)

Today - raining between 9.30-10.30 but ok for dog walking. The sun made an occasional appearance and no more rain. but - why am I wearing a jumper x

Well, Saturday was nice, Sunday half-decent…

My fingers were white with cold on the 15 minute walk home from the pub last night. I should never have put the winter hats and gloves away.

I was woken by the central heating coming on this morning.

Im in Manchester and I thought it was just me feeling cold and miserable. Still have the heating on at background level first and last thing.