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Lightning popping off every 10 seconds or so from the storm over Glossop. Decent show from here although rather silent. 20230910_205520.mp4

This has turned into a remarkable spell of weather for September. Didn't expect more than 24c or so today but the recent sun has got us to 26c for the 7th day in a row. It'll be a long while til we seem the same again. Difficult to tell the storm potential for later as it all looks a bit disorganised down south.

I'm going to go against the general view here and try and find a positive in what we have. I'm sat outside in the 2nd week in September at nearly midnight, it is still 21c with not a breath of wind and it is fantastic. We have plenty to moan about the rest of the year so I'm going to try and enjoy it while we've got it.

Agreed. Completely overcast here but the temperature is hovering around 24c. Not bad for a September morning with no sun. The warmth seems to be east of this rain band, even beneath the cloud. If we get any sun, and it does look likely from lunchtime, temperatures will rocket.

Considering it's supposed to gradually get even hotter this week, this is quite a remarkable temperature for any summers day at 6.30pm let alone a day in September.

I think this is one of the notable things about summer 2023. It's midday on the 29th August, so still summer, and the temperature in the house is currently 17.8c. That's poor even for November or March. By all accounts the average summer temperature has been pretty average, but the sunshine that comes in the windows and warms the house up has been very much in short supply. The same goes for most of the past 8 weeks. Hopefully September will bring a warm up before the sun really does begin to lose its strength.

Just taken our new puppy out in the garden for her early toilet visit and there is a real autumnal feel this morning. The air is still, misty and damp with everything coated in tiny water droplets. The spiders have been busy overnight as there are webs everywhere. Not a drop of rain here yet so we seem to have got away with that so far.

Back to normal again today after yesterday afternoons sunshine. Grey, overcast and the occasional light shower making the cool 11.5c feel really damp.

Is it just me or have the some of the short term forecasts from the MO got worse recently. Today is another great example. At 9pm yesterday the animated map forecast from the Met showed a cloudy but dry start, perhaps brightening up later but likely to remain dry. This backed up by their app. At 8.15 this morning we have rain, as does much of the region. Its so wrong. How does a fairly significant band of rain not get picked up less than 12 hours before it appears? This isn't just a small rogue shower. Frustrating for anyone planning outside activities, especially folk like me that work outside and plan work according to the forecast. See if you can spot the difference below.

What on earth is going on? Its a weekend and it's a lovely afternoon. Days like this have been incredibly rare recently so time to get sat outside and make the most of it.

July has been a shockingly poor month. We got to 256mm for the month here. When you consider that the average annual total locally is 1200mm, that means that over 20% of the rain we expect for the year, fell in the peak summer month of July. When you add in low daytime temps and low sunshine amounts, it has to be one of the worst. Another grim day today. On what surely should be expected to be one of warmer days of the year, we've managed to get to a toasty 13.8c. A temperature not out of place in March or November.

It seems that it's been equally horrendous up here too. Just registered 240mm here with 23 days on which rain has fallen. Looking at what's to come for the rest of the day, that total could exceed 250mm. Many places must be at 250 or 300% of the normal July rainfall. Extraordinarily wet, cool and cloudy for the entire month. Things can only get better.

80mm for the weekend now a distinct possibility. 42mm today with 4 hours of rain to come. After one of the best Junes, if not the best, we get one of the worst Julys?

Yeah this NE Greater Manchester stretch from north of Rochdale through Littleborough, into Saddleworth and as far as Mossley probably are the wettest areas. Although we do pretty well for snow, I reckon areas of Oldham at similar altitude do better.

Yeah, today's rain has now ousted yesterday's 2023 record for daily rainfall. 35mm and counting. I can't remember the last time that happened over 2 consecutive days, if its happened at all, but I'm fairly sure it wasn't in the middle of summer. We could get to 80mm over a July weekend. Terrible for those who depend on decent weather in the summer months to make a living.

Grim. Again. Yesterday was the wettest day of the year here with a touch over 34mm. Today could potentially go even higher as the first 12 hours have produced just short of 30mm. Cool too as we've struggled to 16c. Horrendous for a mid summer weekend.

I hate to moan but what a disappointing day again. For a fleeting moment we got to the dizzy heights of 19c, but it's mostly shower after shower and temps around 15c. Really poor for mid July. This is our 8th day in a row with rain. Some forecast apps show rain at some point everyday until the end of the month. If that happens, then 20+ days in a row in July with rain and pretty poor daytime max temperatures will be a shocker. A complete contrast to the 20+ dry days only a few weeks ago. We've got to get out of this low pressure stagnation at some point. With a bit of luck it'll be the first week in August and we'll be stuck with glorious weather for 4 weeks

Cloudy all day, rain on and off most of the day and a top temperature that only just broke 14c. A pretty dismal day for mid July. The long, warm and sunny days of May and June seem a very long time ago. Any hope of a return to something summery seems to be always 10 days away.

A little bit damp just now. 10mm of rain in 15 mins or so.

Bit lively with the lightning 🌩 to our south just now. Torrential rain and frequent thunder. Lightning seems to be fairly elevated.

As poor summer days go, this one looks like it has the potential to be one of the worst. Temps struggling to get past 11 or 12c and possibly up to an inch of rain over 5 hours. It's astonishing how summer has flipped. It seems to happen more an more these days. Weeks of one extreme then a sudden handbrake turn to weeks of the exact opposite.

Grim. All we've had here is constant cloud and constant drizzle. The only excitement being the variety of drizzle, varying from light to heavy and back again. You know you've had a lot when it tots up to the 5mm we've had. Oh, and it's not got above 15c. Pretty poor for the last day of a glorious June. Ugh!!!

Wow. I think the temp might have dropped a little in the last 20 mins. I make that 10c.

Unfortunately, today's thundery installment seems to be running out of steam. A bit of heavy rain here but not much else seems likely looking at the radar.

Still 25c and occasionally sunny here in the east of the region. Cloud increasing and no doubt for the 3rd Sunday in a row we'll have a thundery hour or two starting around 4pm.