I’ve never known such a cold April! 🥶

I’m sick of being cold, I went online yesterday to look for a last minute holiday abroad, going by the prices I think half the country is doing the same.

Still have winter quilt on and electric blanket! Not using log burner now though, or as much central heating. Does seem to have been a long winter in the uk. Roll on sun and warmth!

Oh it’s warmed up -25C today, lovely sun. I love the Autumn here. Autumn and Spring are the 2 best seasons down in the south of Australia.

It seems about the same to me. We've only ever put the heating off at the end of April. Put back on again at the end of September/ beginning of October.

Most springs are sunnier (there are the statistics to support that) and we usually get short spells of quite warm sunny weather, and its is these that have been missing this area. Not exceptionally cold, just unremitting.

Much the same here in Nouvelle Aquitaine chilly & wet. I love it, preferable to relentless sunshine and heat.

It was warm and sunny when I got married in April but I remember that in 2008 it snowed on our anniversary and the dinner was cancelled

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Much the same here in Nouvelle Aquitaine chilly & wet. I love it, preferable to relentless sunshine and heat.

Indeed. Soon enough people will complain of the heat.

The fields look wonderful. Crops are doing well. Our flowers are blooming and keeping (as when one puts bouquets in the fridge at night). The dogs also hate extreme heat. Nice season.

I do hope it warms before our daughters wedding party - but if not, cater the party in conservatory/sunroom, she'll still be delighted.

We went to the fish market in Ouistreham this morning. Freezing wind off the Channel, 6° and not much fish either!

we were sitting outside in the sunshine having coffee this morning in Brighton, warm enough not to need coats.. weird innit..

My memories popped up today on FB today and it said ‘oh no it’s hailing’ and one of my friends answered ‘it’s snowing with us’ So it’s not the coldest April we ve known

BlueBelle

My memories popped up today on FB today and it said ‘oh no it’s hailing’ and one of my friends answered ‘it’s snowing with us’ So it’s not the coldest April we ve known

Indeed.

Perhaps lemons making lemonade could work for some?

BlueBelle

My memories popped up today on FB today and it said ‘oh no it’s hailing’ and one of my friends answered ‘it’s snowing with us’ So it’s not the coldest April we ve known

I remember visiting family in England in April and it snowed.

We were rather chilly because we'd taken 'spring clothes'.

More brass monkey weather in Oxfordshire. I cancelled my plans to garden, but did pull some rhubarb to make a nie rhubarb crumble for supper this evening.

Same here, Bluebell. My FB memories today was a photo of my snowy garden either seven or nine years ago.

It went down to 7deg this afternoon after some heavy showers. I wore my gloves as well as my winter coat for the first time for weeks.

Spoke to a BiL in the Yorkshire Dales yesterday on his birthday - he said they’d had a heavy frost only a night or two previously. But at least they had sun and blue sky - it was solid white cloud all day here.
Temp outside our kitchen window as I write (8 am) is 9.1. So I suppose it could be worse.

Good heavens. Variable weather in the UK. Who'd have thought it!?

Aveline

Good heavens. Variable weather in the UK. Who'd have thought it!?

I suppose that’s why we talk about the weather so much. We can have 4 seasons of weather in one day.
In the monsoon season, no one says, “It’s raining today.”

There has not been much thermal radiation from the sun this month, hardly any to warm up the walls and house interiors. In addition to that it has been dismal a lot of the time in the sw, cloud keeping the warming sun rays away. I do remember being able to sit out in the garden much more than this april, maybe three times at most this month

My electric blanket is still on and I am wearing a silk vest and a warm hm merino jumper as well as cosy trousers, hm woollen socks and my slippers. I am looking at day forecasts going forward eg tomorrow looks set fair from late morning and whatever I had planned will be abandoned in favour of me grabbing the chance to go out on a cycle ride

Bloomin cold and wet in Mevagissey today. I’m off back to my warm apartment withaview todo some painting.

Another sunny day here after some rain yesterday. We like the rain here,though. We don’t get enough of it overall and have to water the garden from December through to the end of March.

Yesterday was a good imitation of November, cold, murky and a lot of heavy rain.

Today looks little better, thick cloud and a damp outlook. I think it is the unremitting cloud overhead that is so depressing, even if it isn't particularly cold or wet.

Yep, another grey and very damp day ahead here in Derbyshire! Glad I bought a hooded puffa jacket a few months ago!

It's warmer this morning in London. I'm just so very glad that we don't have that awful heatwave weather suffered in Spain and Portugal. We can wrap up warm and do a spot of gardening between the showers.

I lit the lit burner again at 6 pm. It was warm and comforting with the last log keeping it glowing till,9pm. Yes, I put the electric blanket on so my bed was cozy
This morning, another chilly, grey, wet start to the day. I’ll be wearing layers and my good waterproof when I take the dogs out.
I agree with Hetty58, I’m relieved it isn’t as hot as Spain. So no more grumbling