http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=4583
so is this the end of the rain
― Ste, Monday, 30 July 2007 10:34 (sixteen years ago) link
(actually looking further north of britain the rain makes a comeback this weekend so "no")
So....
2007: unusually hot April, followed by three months of torrential rain and huge floods
2011: the hottest April ever (probably - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/24/april-warmest-britain-sun), followed by...?
The last couple of weeks have been absolutely fantastic and I've loved it. I just thought I should put that on record because I've been moaning about crap English summers for the last four years.
― in a wonderful balloon! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm considering buying a dehumidifier on Wednesday, so it'll probably be a complete washout from here until September.
― grill 'em bake 'em fry 'em burn 'em (snoball), Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, past 3-4 years have been blazing in April or May, then rained through the summer. Almost ready to think it is our new ~climate pattern~ but I'm sure that's a little premature as yet.
(I am a wimp and don't like anything above about 28 degrees, so if we do get a hotter summer than this I am going to be grumpy as hell all over ILX)
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i've been thinking along the lines of yr first sentence meself
yr second sentence can do one tho
― i've got blingees on my fisters (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 April 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Britain's new climate pattern = "we don't know what the weather's going to be like from one week to the next" = Britain's old climate pattern
― grill 'em bake 'em fry 'em burn 'em (snoball), Monday, 25 April 2011 08:16 (thirteen years ago) link
It's been very wet recently. Just saying.
― Food Processors Are Grebt (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:51 (twelve years ago) link
it was the best april ever, though. and may was very good. im quietly confident.
― underrated mountain goats bootlegs I have owned (history mayne), Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
I don't mind the rain. The post-rain humidity is pretty obnoxious, though.
― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
It's a bit better today. I think people exaggerate the shitness of summers anyway. everyone seems to say that we get a great april and may and always a bad summer now but it's not really true. there was a heatwave for about 3 weeks in June last year, hottest Wimbledon ever etc. I don't remember any shortage of hot days last year.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
It's been pretty warm despite the heavy showers.
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
I'm OK with this tbh. But that's cos I am with spacecadet:
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:27 (twelve years ago) link
Manchester has been disgusting. Dunno how much worse than the rest of the country it is but fuck this town
― forest zombie (Vasco da Gama), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
try living in fucking scotland
― rolling stupid fruity crazy vag cru (cozen), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I'll be doing that, no.
I have cycled more miles in the rain in June than in the rest of the year put together. Haven't actually minded it that much but I would rather like it to stay blissfully sunny for the next week or so. A wet Glastonbury is an overrated thing.
― Upt0eleven, Saturday, 18 June 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
21-23 degrees, chance of a shower, sunny spells = perfect summer.
― resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Saturday, 18 June 2011 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
fair point, cozen, but manchester cf. glasgow does have similar or slightly worse avg. rainfall stats apr-aug
― forest zombie (Vasco da Gama), Saturday, 18 June 2011 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
personally my view is the hotter the better, i like absolutely scorching weather, it makes me feel alive.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Saturday, 18 June 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
rainy/hot/rainy/hot/rainy/hot
I like it this way
― owenf, Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
sorry that should read rainy/hot/rainy/hot/rainy/hot/rainy
― owenf, Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
apols vasco, wasn't aiming any ire at anyone in partic, just frustrated w/~rain~
a proper summer would be nice
― vag vag vag (cozen), Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:17 (twelve years ago) link
i think the stop-start shit is what i hate most - either RAIN or DON'T RAIN stop fucking us around with bright blue skies one minute and torrents the next
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
makes it impossible to plan a damn thing
emerged from my bathroom into the hall just now, was pitch fucking dark. thought it was the apocalypse.
― i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
i'm with LG - hotter the better. if it's too hot, do less.
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:40 (twelve years ago) link
but the rain cools you off when you're hot! Then the sun dries you out when you're wet!also it smells good after it rains when it's hot. Actually usually it does, it just smells like sewers in east London.
― owenf, Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
hit by a little June hail there. Lovely.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
I think people exaggerate the shitness of summers anyway. everyone seems to say that we get a great april and may and always a bad summer now but it's not really true. there was a heatwave for about 3 weeks in June last year
Yeah, 2007 was the only complete washout, the last few years have seen some good weather at times in June or July. My problem is that (working in education) I have to have my holiday in August and August has been wet and grey and shite for the last four years running.
I don't care about the temperature (within reason), I just like sunshine. A sunny day at 22C is far better than a rainy day at 30C. If we have to have rain (apparently plants and reservoirs need them, or something) I'd rather it fell entirely at night, or when I'm stuck at work all day.
― Food Processors Are Grebt (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
Also getting wet in the rain makes you look sexy.
― owenf, Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
Why, thank you
― Food Processors Are Grebt (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
you are entirely welcome
― owenf, Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
Sat outside eating and drinking in Manchester atm after a bike ride, all's well here.
― not_goodwin, Saturday, 18 June 2011 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
there's nothing good about british rain tbh
― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Saturday, 18 June 2011 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
apocalypse, I hear you. I was trying to watch Frasier and it was hailing so hard the satellite dish stopped working.
― kraudive, Saturday, 18 June 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
you have to already look sexy for this to really work
― blueski, Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
Love stop-start rain and sunshine. But it should rain and sun at the same time. Bit too grim at the min.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
no it doesn't....it makes my hair plastered to my head
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
I have an umbrella, protects me from looking even sexier.
― resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.thetraveldepartment.co.uk/scotsman/getattachment/d7ff8a1c-662c-4c57-af28-a929364b1756/UK-Cotswolds-British-Countryside.aspx
― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
though today, I guess the showers are annoying...have adapted my step ladder as an airer, so I can get my jeans in from the garden more quickly.
― resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Saturday, 18 June 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
― rolling stupid fruity crazy vag cru (cozen), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:51 (5 hours ago)
cloudy with a chance of hitler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2USUxuy_9w
― blueski, Saturday, 18 June 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Worst snow for 20 years in December, hottest April ever known, coldest August since 1993, and now from nowhere it's turned into the summer we never had just as we're reaching October.
― Mister Potato shares Manchester United’s commitment to (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Just think how nice it will be when they finally install that Global Warming they keep talking about...
― Mark G, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
meh, this is all normal imo. somehow Britishes people brainwash themselves every year into thinking it's gonna be sunny in August, when it blates never ever is.
― dog latin, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
I remember more sunny Sep/Octs, it's true.
― Mark G, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
The voice of doom returns. The wettest April on record: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17897982 and May's been pretty shit so far (apocalyptic hailstorm a couple of hours ago).
― Pacific Trash Vortex (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Well, the UK could do with the rain.
― gyac, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ raining here now
― banal like anal (snoball), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
it's possible to have rain without it being 10 degrees with gusting winds
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
but rain is summer is also good
― mark s, Saturday, 26 August 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
as g.benson teaches us
I can remember a bad NME article on footballers and music that trash-talked George Benson. It summarised that professional footballers with perms and a penchant for George Benson = bad. And people like Pat Nevin with a well documented love of white indie rock = good and progressive. It would probably look very very bad now. To keep it topical, it is quite warm and balmy up here today. Might cut the hedges.
― calzino, Saturday, 26 August 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
Sat in my gardeb drinking vodka and reading Moomin comics. That's a good day by my standards. Clouding over now.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Saturday, 26 August 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
(garden, obv)
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Saturday, 26 August 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
Is this the best (britishes) summer ever?
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 6 July 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
feared this might be the mithering Indonesia shut-in freak. but yes - we shall enjoy these years, before the Great Die-Off
― imago, Friday, 6 July 2018 11:50 (five years ago) link
*mothering of some shut-in freak, bloody autocorrect
MITHERING
I'm sitting in the sun reading a book anyhow :)
― imago, Friday, 6 July 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
Could do with a little rain every now and then if it's anything like this side of the Irish sea. Authorities are talking about drought. BUt nice and sunny. Just could do with a little interspersing water refreshment innit.
― Stevolende, Friday, 6 July 2018 11:53 (five years ago) link
Oh I'm expecting drought warnings any time soon.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Friday, 6 July 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
we had some rain in london the other night and it just made it hot AND sticky, rather than just hot.
― koogs, Friday, 6 July 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
Of course I'm missing all the good weather through working and then sitting indoors all day watching football when I'm not working.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Friday, 6 July 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link