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July wasn't half as bad as those charts indicate though. It was lovely until the final week and predominantly dry. Certainly wasn't a washout stinker. June was only slightly below normal as well - largely because of the cold nights. People need to stop obsessing over what the anomaly charts are saying and make their own judgement based on what conditions are like on the ground.

I'm trying, but people keep on saying summer is nearly over!

Regardless of meteorological definitions, my point is that the potential for very warm weather is far from over - and it doesn't begin to feel truly autumnal until the back end of September usually. Admittedly the days are shorter, but September is, by and large, very nice, and similar to June in terms of temperature - so even though 'meteorological summer' is nearly over, that doesn't matter - because the weather should still be nice. We have a long while before we enter the miserable part of the year..

This is why you can't rely on the CET to portray an accurate picture for everywhere - regional discrepancies exist. It's been a nice start to the month in Leeds - a little cloudy, but temperatures are average, and set to go above average. No complaints at all from me. Seems like the CET area has suffered worse weather than eastern areas of England which have been much warmer.

Who want to have a barbecue in the first place? ;-)

But that's the thing - there is no switch. The weather doesn't change as soon as a new calendar month occurs. Warm weather in the first half of September isn't out of season because the first half of September is warm anyway. Ditto with the first half of March being cold. It's easy for stat collecting purposes to have each season set in certain chronological periods, but in reality it never works like that. That's why saying summer is nearly over when we have well a month at least of potentially warm weather to enjoy makes no sense.

The heat at the start of July was 15 days away at one point.. then it actually happened, even though certain individuals were insistent that it wouldn't. PS, it's been a decent start to August here too. Average high for so far 21.6C. Further east you go, the better it has been, just one day below 20C. Forecast shows no highs below 20C. Every day has beaten expectations thus far.

Stark E-W split today. 21C with sunny spells in Leeds.

That's actually untrue - the coastal Med is very humid. Stifling even. It's also the most thunder-prone region in Europe.

You should pay attention to the models then - that's precisely what's showing.

Leeds is a good city for snow, by UK standards - certainly better than most. Of course, you can go further west and receive a lot more, but as far as cities go, it's a good place to be. We received over a foot of snow in January 2013 and a similar amount in March 2013. The past winter, we had about 3 inches in January which remained on the ground for a few days - while most of the country got very little to nothing at all. 'Staffordshire' is off to Uni so he can't really live in the Pennines. Sheffield would be better, but Leeds is still a safe bet most of the time.

Odd perception. Doesn't get much worse than winter in the UK - cold enough to be annoying but not cold enough for snow most of the time. At least September is usually nice, boring or not.

Depressing, innit? Better get those Vit D supplements ready.

Great day in Leeds. Reached 24C with partly cloudy skies. Forecast looks good - in the low twenties. Normal weather for August.

I just don't get how anyone can complain about this weather being too humid. Humidity here now is 49%. In London it's 30%. In Birmingham it's 45%. How is that humid, combined with temps in the low-mid 20s?

Today is great - 22C and partly cloudy. Even if it was cloudy, who cares? I don't - I'll take cloudy, warm weather over sunny, cool weather every single day - unless it's winter.

^^ Plymouth's record high in July is only 31C, so I find that hard to believe. It's not a good place to be if you like hot weather.

I've seen a lot of butterflies in my garden, or maybe there aren't as many as usual and I just don't notice them usually.

16.4C. Currently it looks like August will be average to below average, but I'm sticking with the prevailing theme of 2015 - very, very average. We all know not to get too hung up on what the models are showing before a month has even started, as we learnt all too well in June/July.

Am I missing something here?

No record breakers here, but still very cool - reached the dizzying heights of 16.1C. Now down to 12C and falling fast with clearing skies. Today reminded me of 2007 or 2008 - murky during the day and then a miraculous clearance after dark.

Yes, you're quite right - my apologies to folk there. It's been decent here though. In all honesty though, the summer averages here are still below what I like, and 20C is the bare minimum I consider acceptable in July and August - so an average summer in Scotland and NI would just be disastrous!

Not half as bad as winter - where people posting anything mild are hounded out of any thread! Anyway, why would people be disappointed with normal summer weather in the UK? That's precisely what this summer has been - normal.

I just fund it funny that people point fingers and say certain weather is disruptive when they themselves pine over other weather types that are equally if not more disruptive. Seems hypocritical to me. Anything that isn't benign and calm is usually a nuisance That being said, I'm not as obsessed with snow as I used to be, and will happily sacrifice a cold winter for a warm summer. I thought winter 2013/2014 would be the death of me, but you know what? I didn't really care at all. It just wasn't that big of a deal. It's only the weather after all.

I'm fine with the output for here - highs in the low twenties once we get this terrible week over and done with. Still subject to change mind you - but currently looks okay to me. Location dependent as ever. I don't place any faith into long-range models. If you took them as a gospel in early June you'd have thought June and July were going to turn out terrible but in reality both are/will be within average range, albeit slightly below. An extremely average summer for most places - continuing the theme of extremely average months, with the exception of April. Just the past few days that have spoilt an otherwise good July. Just my opinion of course.