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There were people about - it was, after all, a dry and mostly sunny afternoon - but in contrast to last weekend, people today were in jackets, and there definitely weren't as many people actually in parks. Last weekend I saw droves of people sitting outside eating lunch or relaxing, but today's weather isn't really conductive to that because you feel the chill quickly, more so when the sun goes in or the breeze picks up. I commented to a friend today, that it was a nice day.. and they said 'Cold though'. As ever it depends on the individual, but given the choice I think most will choose 22C and sunny over 12C and sunny. I think that's just common sense. Today would have been great in March or early April, but it's now mid May.

I think you and Eugene are just kind of odd in that sense - no offence intended seriously but I've never met anyone who complains that low 20s and sunny is 'muggy' and 10-13C lows are 'awful' for sleeping. While the rest of the country was enjoying a well-overdue taste of summer, you were moaning?

I'm sorry but are we a nation of weaklings? How was the weather last weekend 'muggy'? I mean, come on - the highest temp was 27C in London, most of the country was lower than that - humidity wasn't even high. Honestly, there are people in Florida laughing at us because we find 22C and sunshine to be soooo unbearable and muggy and hot and sweaty.. lol. The UK is a northerly latitude climate so it isn't like the sun is even very strong. I went for a 10 mile bike ride on Thursday, clear blue skies, temps of 20C, with a gentle breeze. I saw countless other people doing the same. Can you honestly sit there and tell me you would find such condiitons 'muggy'?!

Lol, you really are detached from reality. On Thursday, I saw droves of people outside enjoying the weather - going for bike rides, long walks, playing football with their children, or just lounging around soaking up the warm sunshine. Today, there is nothing of the sort - I could walk outside now and there'd be half the number of people compared to this time last week when it was sunny and in the low 20s. With a temp of only 12C at 2pm in May, the weather is anything but 'nice', and the vast majority of people would agree.

I suppose that depends on your perspective more than anything. Taking my nearest Met Office station - Church Fenton - August is the wettest month of the year on average at 57mm, but June isn't too far behind at 55mm. August is also the joint second sunniest month of the year in percent terms at around 43% (July also 43% and May 45%). If I remember correctly, June has similar % sunshine levels to April and October. These are only rough calculations - there's a formula to work it out somewhere. For a month with such long daylight, it is really wasted in June, especially when you get the 'return of the westerlies'. On average it can only just manage to get slightly more sun than August in total, despite the much longer daylight in June's favour. It has always been the weakest summer month. Edit - I just worked it out and this is what I got, showing sunshine as % of possible total (I was a little off but not by much): May 44% July 41% August 41% September 40% April 37% June 37% October 34% February 32% March 32% November 28% December 24% January 23%

Not sure where you're getting that from - today was 20C in Leeds. But yes, on other days the NW has been warmer due to favourable wind direction. During May so far, Rostherne has an average high of 18.8C and Linton on Ouse 18.6C.

Well, unless you happen to be on the wrong side of the 'North South Split'. ;-) With that being said, the forecast for here isn't bad at all - and considering we are, strictly speaking, in the middle of the UK, half of the time I don't know whether I'm in the North or South when taken in the context above. North of England certainly, but there's just as much land to the north of here as there is to the south.

For the past 30 years in Leeds, July was the warmest month 15 times and August was the warmest 15 times, so they're both fairly equal all things considered, just in recent years there's been more poor August's, whereas in the 90s-mid 00s August seemed to be a great month more often than not outshining July (wasn't August 1995 the hottest month on record at the time?).

Yes, those Augusts were nice here too - although not as warm as the ones I mentioned (I don't think - 1991 might be similar but 1990, 1995, 1997 and 2003 were definitely warmer, 1990 being scorching in the first few days). In any case, given in the past decade we've had July 2006 and 2013 - both in the top 10 warmest July's - August needs to redeem itself in the hot weather department. It is more than capable, and usually gives the hottest days of the year.

I am getting so sick of seeing the words 'unsettled' and 'August' mentioned together. Screw June and July - a hot August is well overdue. It's high time the second warmest month of the year showed us exactly what it is capable of. August 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2003 - come on, you can do it!!

One thing we've lacked here, over the past week, is warm nights - that easterly wind seems to really kick in during the evening which causes the temperature to fall quite rapidly. For example, Manchester Airport is currently 16C while here we are 11C, even though we had a high of 23C and Manchester Airport 25C. Every night recently has had lows below 10C while other stations west and south of Yorkshire have had minimums between 10-15C.

There is no weather station in Leeds, that's why - I have my own PWS, which I compare with Linton on Ouse, north of York, which reached a rounded figure of 26C and was in the top 100 warmest places in Europe on Sunday. I have no reason to doubt the validity of either figure. Even the BBC were forecasting 25C as the high on Sunday - the easterly wind didn't really have much of an effect on our temperatures, nor did they today. I used to use Church Fenton as the nearest point of reference but that weather station is no longer in operation. The precise figure for myself was 25.6C.

And that's for the month of May as a whole - the average high in early May will be lower than that. In Leeds we reached 26C on Sunday, average high for all of May is 16.0C so that's a good 10C above average at least. It's the earliest 25C+ temp we've had in ages. I think the earliest I recall personally is 26C back in April 2003 (reached 24C in April 2011).

Ditto here AsCas to the east. Small chance of something later.

Oh come on guys - I think the UK is dirtier than most other European countries but India is undeniably a filthy country with very poor sanitation, most houses without plumbing, sewage flowing openly and diseases rampant. Just because someone points out that another country falls short in one area, doesn't mean you have to come out and say 'Yeah well the UK is worse!!' - what does that achieve exactly? I doubt the OP is trying to sound superior - just pointing out what is obvious to anyone with eyes, and a nose.

Interesting. If the NW Midlands was going to suffer from North Sea mist then I'd expect Leeds to as well - yet the forecast shows sunny, warm weather until Thursday next week, with things remaining warm but cloudier from Friday (and that's still too far away to be certain anyway).

There's a Europe-wide view of the WRF-NMM model, which goes out to 120 hours.. It looks different to the UK version but I think it's because this one is more detailed? Not sure.

Looking at the NMM model, Lichfield would stand a better chance of getting something, but there's a high risk in Yorkshire as well, particularly on Sunday. Obviously there is no guarantee that a storm will occur in either location.

So two weeks of warm weather? I'll take it.

If only it were August.. Well, someone had to say it!

June can be a write off for all I care - as long as July and August are decent. Hopefully, being a bit further south, it wouldn't end up too bad here, based on your forecast. Summer 2015 was slightly cooler than average but June and August were both quite nice with a rubbish July sandwiched between them.

Yeah I don't get it - the upcoming weather is not unusual at all for early May, in fact it wouldn't be too unusual in late April either. The fact that most of England even the SE has yet to reach 20C is very unusual.

My ideal summer temperature is 21-23C. I don't mind higher temps occasionally, but not on a daily basis. I remember a few days last summer being overcast with temps of 22C, and it didn't feel cool to me - people were still in T-shirts and shorts, and 22C is a pretty normal temperature for summer. Only downside for me would be the evenings would be fairly cool, but I'm more concerned about daytime comfort.

I don't think you've actually bothered to check the model output yourself, have you?

Wow, that first chart shows quite the north-south divide. I hope that doesn't happen.