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As of May, I'm sure many of you are aware that 2014 has been a very mild (in fact the Met Office are suggesting the third mildest year on record!) and also a very wet year so far. Winter 2013-14 was virtually snowless for many as well as being the wettest winter on record in some parts of the country and producing very few frosts. March and April have been much drier, but have still been quite above average in terms of temperatures, especially March. May has also been a generally warmer than average month so far, but not by a lot with the May 2014 CET being 0.9C above the 1961-90 average as of 15 May. Should May come out above average (which I'd imagine that it will) at the end, it will be the sixth consecutive warmer than average month with November 2013 being the most recent colder than average month. Long range forecasts are also predicting all three upcoming summer months to be above average too, (see the Netweather Summer 2014 forecast) giving us the possibility of nine consecutive warmer than average months. Of course the forecasts for July and August are very low confidence at the moment so it is still a very far-fetched possibility at the moment. I have attached a graph that represents the maxima and minima for 2014, along with 2012, 2013 and the 1981-2010 average for my location. Of course there are local variations, but I believe this graph is quite representative of the whole country.

Current temperature record: 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Faversham on 10 August 2003 Will the summer of 2014 be the first to hit 40°C? Hopefully!

Quite a range of responses... Well, starting in June we will see who's wishes will come true...

I'm glad that high-pressure is here and I'm glad that it looks to be close by until early May. My only concern is that persistant highs are usually then followed by persistant lows, and so I really hope that summer will not be a constant bombardment of low-pressure systems, just like 2012 was.

Nice video and welcome to Netweather!

Yeah, if not hot, certainly settled. I hate cool summers!

Yes I know it's only mid-April, but I think it's a good time to start asking "what do you want for summer" as late April and May can often be quite summery. You can select more than one option in the poll, just in case you want a few weather types. For example, I chosen heatwaves and thunderstorms - 'cause let's face it, it's what a summer should be!

Every thunderstorm video I've ever recorded, starting on August 29, 2012... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbH-0YtVVF2ZDCYGjw9ak5HZe67Z_V0od

Found an image on my computer of a lightning strike from July 29, 2013: https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19489-/

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nice videos cheese

Yeah thanks! I know I should have put it in "Severe Weather" but really this thread is just for images and videos, so that's why I put it in the "Photography" section.

We are now heading into spring and later summer, which means that the thundery showers and thunderstorms will soon be developing. Use this thread to post your videos and images from thunderstorms in the UK and they can be from this year, or any other year you wish! I'll get us started. This was a storm that was recorded on November 9, 2013.