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13.8°C under bleak overcast skies. No sun for the last 5 days, I expect this trend will continue for the forseeable.

Stinky load of useless CRAP weather with slate gray skies all day and a miserly 13 degrees C outside, was warmer on average in bloody January down in SE England than this f'in ugly bleak HOLE with its endless biting north winds and tedious consistent drizzle.

A high temperature so far of 13.6 degrees - what the F.U.D.G.E is this, in JULY????? Utter joke.

On the PWS at my house, I have recorded 94.6mm of rain this month, with the latest 3mm today. 60mm fell in the 24-hour period 13:00-13:00 17th-18th. At the Harpur Hill Weather Station they are up to 99.0mm for the month. The annual rainfall now stands at 548mm.

Nottingham is currently running at 20.6°C average maximum, slightly below average (0.2°C or so) with an average low of 11.4°C. This about makes sense compared with my averages, located 1,000ft up (avg max 17.9°C so far). http://www.met.readi...rugge/CURR.html Station 03354 - Nottingham Weather Centre. For comparison purposes London Heathrow is running at an avg max of 22.0°C, some 1.6 degrees below average, but joint warmest in the country along side Gravesend. Over here, July 2006 was also the latest July or August to meet my three criteria. But the last summer month to do so was June 2010 which was sunnier, dryer and warmer than average.

I am trying to remember when there was last July or August which included ALL these things: -below average rainfall AND -above average temperatures AND -above average sunshine How hard can it be to get ONE July/August that meets this criteria. Every of the last 8 July or Augusts has either been wetter than average, cooler than average, cloudier than average or all three. This is how it works out for my location, based on my records and the averages: July 2007 - cooler, cloudier, wetter than average. August 2007 - cooler, cloudier than average July 2008 - wetter than average, cloudier than average August 2008 - cloudier, wetter than average July 2009 - cloudier, wetter than average August 2009 - cloudier than average, wetter than average July 2010 - cloudier, wetter than average August 2010 - cloudier, wetter, cooler than average July 2011 - cloudier, wetter, cooler than average PFFFT. So. July/August 2XXX - sunnier, dryer, warmer than average ??????????????????????????????????????????

Storms in the wrong half of the country again. I'm signed up to this God forsaken club for another 10 years, please.

Another boring day and very cold, like November. Just 13.2°C and overcast. All the storms in the east yet again, not had a single one yet. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

11.3°C here with drizzle/light rain continuing, and windy.

Yeah what went before was the coolest June since 1991 and with a mean max of a summery, bakeriffic 16°C and two warm days. The mean minimum temp also been consistently below average this summer, and now my mean max has gone below average, and provisionally could end up below 17°C (over 1.5 degrees below average) if the latest forecast verifies. And now July has once again become the wettest month of the year. I've been collating weather records for years and the "reality" is that this is the crappest summer since 2007. None of 2008, 2009 or 2010 were as bad as this, in my records, taking into account sunshine, rainfall, temperatures. End of.

My max today is 11.9°C which would be the coldest summer max since August 26th last year when it reached only 11.6°C. This July is now on a par with 2007 in my location (given the recent rainfall) and could end up worse with the current forecast.

Well, we've had 60.2mm of rain in the last 24 hours at my hours and it's only 11°C at mid-day. Terminal Moraine, you need to be near the cheshire border old boy.

Now up to 34mm of rain here today (and of course no thunder to be heard) . I am set about building my Ark. She'll be ready by tomorrow afternoon. Some month this is. With the current forecast, we'll be looking at the crappest July since 2007 here (although not in Llanwnnen, Lampeter where it's the best summer since 2006). Highest temperature of the month, a crummy room-temperature 22°C. LOL.

23.4mm of rain and counting here. Most daily rain since February 5.

Nobody's forcing you to read these posts. This is the whining thread. If you don't like whining, it begs the question why you read/ post in this thread. Maybe just to antagonise? So you think this is the best summer since 2006. Despite the coolest June since 1991 and unusually cool nights and now the coolest wettest weather since 2007. Good for you. Watching rain total up all day on my wx station and pour down from the sky all day with 12°C temps by noon and full cloud cover makes a good summer not. Read stuff you actually want to read on the forum and let the whiners whine, in the thread created for them. Or pick on somebody else's posts, since I'm hardly the only contributer to this thread. Thanks. Be on your way then.

Summers in the SE were acceptable. London Heathrow Airport (the nearest to my former home) has a 1981-2010 average July maximum of 23.6°C. Given the cost of property there I am damned to remain somewhere more northerly until I can afford to move there.

Eugene's a mega-troll. Anyway "raining cats and dogs" and 13°C here according to my weather station. Still waiting for the snow to arrive.

12.8°C and on/off rain from an incontinent stratum of cloud. We had better days last November.

An average max of 27°C is warm, not 17°C. Just because the latter is average here doesn't mean I find it warm. In SE England the avg max for July is nearly 24°C around London, so it's not surprising I find the average summer here cold. I find 18°C the bare minimum for summer warmth, provided that there is no wind, it's humid and 100% sunshine. Any less in all departments and it feels more like winter, to me.

Don't forget, I live in the Peak District, so it was cold here. I don't care if it wasn't technically below average, it was still cold.

Well, half the summer gone, and it was the coolest 1st half of summer in years, no thunderstorms, plenty of drizzly rain, a load of crap.

16.2°C with sunny intervals.

We already had more than last July's sunshine in half of this July! Last July was slightly above average here, thanks to higher minimum temperatures. 2007+2008+2009 were below average, in my records. Last time we had one notably above average was 2006. I would much rather have a July or August 4 degrees warmer than average than APRIL, which, when warm, is usually followed by a poor summer.

This is the least thundery year I've ever known in my entire life, I believe. Rest of summer not looking too promising for storms either.

At least we are getting normal sunshine this July, unlike last year where there was a total of 81 hours sun ALL MONTH :shok: Today was a bonus good day, managing to be sunny most the day and reaching 20 degrees. What is summer without the sunshine?