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    General summer chat

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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     B87 Indeed. 24°C wouldn’t be too bad, but only if sunny. 
    The trouble with these cool summer months is they are rarely sunny. A high pressure sat to the west giving us a northwesterly flow is usually a recipe for explosive infill with clearances appearing at 7pm. No thanks. 

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    Worryingly dry

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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     al78 Not sure where I’m ‘massively exaggerating’? We do get occasional dry spells which admittedly can be a challenge for home growers of veg/fruit, but that’s nothing new. I’d say the frequent runs of many consecutive months of near constant rain are much more of an issue. 
    People are wasteful of water here, the lack of education is frustrating but when it chucks it down for 10 months straight you can forgive them for thinking what the fuss is all about when it finally stops raining. The main issue (as many have said on here) in the UK is a huge lack of investment, spanning many decades. The UK gets more than enough rain annually to satisfy demand.
    I had 2 UK allotments for a number of years and managed to cope with everything the British climate threw at us. So no need for the self-righteous attitude.
     

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    Worryingly dry

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    Worryingly dry really aged well, didn’t it? The thing is, it never does. I fail to grasp why there’s this big panic from some when it stops raining for more than 10 minutes. It’s pretty much guaranteed to then chuck it down for months on end after any dry spell.

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    Summer 2012 - worst summer ever?

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     danm I hated summer 2012. A few warmer days sprinkled in late summer were welcome but still nowhere near enough to make up for what came beforehand. ‘Highs’ of 20°C in July and August are just rubbish in London, I remember the grey skies and cold winds well. I was growing peppers in pots and they all rotted in situ. Vile

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    Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless

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     Fen Wolf Indeed. Though it’s rather unlikely this year after such a soaking wet 12 months.

    I really hope our climate isn’t becoming a choice between months of constant rain, followed by a month or two of no rain at all. The famously changeable nature of our climate seems to have gone. It’s not only the UK affected, much of the continent is having weird weather patterns too.

    As a SAD sufferer, this has been a pretty trying period of ‘weather’.

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