Is this the worst (britishes) summer ever?

I don't mind the rain. The post-rain humidity is pretty obnoxious, though.

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.

It's been pretty warm despite the heavy showers.

I'm OK with this tbh. But that's cos I am with spacecadet:

(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)

Manchester has been disgusting. Dunno how much worse than the rest of the country it is but fuck this town

try living in fucking scotland

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.

21-23 degrees, chance of a shower, sunny spells = perfect summer.

fair point, cozen, but manchester cf. glasgow does have similar or slightly worse avg. rainfall stats apr-aug

personally my view is the hotter the better, i like absolutely scorching weather, it makes me feel alive.

rainy/hot/rainy/hot/rainy/hot

I like it this way

sorry that should read rainy/hot/rainy/hot/rainy/hot/rainy

apols vasco, wasn't aiming any ire at anyone in partic, just frustrated w/~rain~

a proper summer would be nice

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

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'm with LG - hotter the better. if it's too hot, do less.

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.

hit by a little June hail there. Lovely.

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.

Also getting wet in the rain makes you look sexy.

Why, thank you

you are entirely welcome

Sat outside eating and drinking in Manchester atm after a bike ride, all's well here.

there's nothing good about british rain tbh

apocalypse, I hear you. I was trying to watch Frasier and it was hailing so hard the satellite dish stopped working.

Also getting wet in the rain makes you look sexy.

you have to already look sexy for this to really work

Love stop-start rain and sunshine. But it should rain and sun at the same time. Bit too grim at the min.

Also getting wet in the rain makes you look sexy.

no it doesn't....it makes my hair plastered to my head

I have an umbrella, protects me from looking even sexier.

there's nothing good about british rain tbh

http://www.thetraveldepartment.co.uk/scotsman/getattachment/d7ff8a1c-662c-4c57-af28-a929364b1756/UK-Cotswolds-British-Countryside.aspx

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.

try living in fucking scotland

― 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

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.

Just think how nice it will be when they finally install that Global Warming they keep talking about...

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.

I remember more sunny Sep/Octs, it's true.

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).

Well, the UK could do with the rain.

^^^ raining here now

it's possible to have rain without it being 10 degrees with gusting winds

yeah true but i hate that warm, muggy air you get when there's loads of moisture in the air.

there's also the selfish shit factor of crap weather = fewer tourists wandering around aimlessly on my route to work.

anyone else still got the heating system and extra fleeces on standby ?

f*ck the need for water in reservoirs, i'm fed up with this shit.

Oh yeah, we've had the heating on several times in the last few weeks. I also keep thinking it's time to break out the warm weather harrington, but random, heavy, regular rain means have also been rocking the Berghaus for about a month longer than normal.

Sigh....

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SoDcgf0%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Was seriously considering wearing my wellies to go to a gig last night

The Wurzels was it?

how many days of unbroken actual hot sunny weather do we get a year these days? seems like way fewer than when i were a lad; can't be more than 15 days max.
should be used to it now i suppose but the UK is basically freezing, pishing, cloudy, cold or gloomy for 85-90% of the year.

Don't think this is as bad as 2007 yet but its got time to get there. I remember 2009 being a decent summer, but I don't think we've had a proper long hot summer since maybe 2006? Definitely remember there being at least two glorious ones back in the mid-00s.

I'm sitting in the sun reading a book anyhow :)

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.

Oh I'm expecting drought warnings any time soon.

we had some rain in london the other night and it just made it hot AND sticky, rather than just hot.

Of course I'm missing all the good weather through working and then sitting indoors all day watching football when I'm not working.