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5 hours ago, weatherguru14 said:
well I have read a few comparing it elsewhere.. Its always well 2001 was like this yet 2006 was like that. With the UK summers. You never know what's gonna happen. You get an inkling by how the weather is at the start of the summer.. If it doesn't settle down early on..IE the jet is to active. and the weather remains always changing. there is little chance of a prolonged settled spell..That gives the climate a chance to slowly warm up. If we get a poor June we will get a poor summer. Obviously we will get hot spells. But intermixed with garbage.. for instance 12/13c in mid summer. which we have seen in recent years..
Just going back to my original opinion.this is gonna be your typical English summer. which really are normally rubbish.
Average summers here aren't that bad. Average high of 21°C with 200 hours of sun a month and 50mm of rain. Highs of 12 are very unusual here in July+August. This May weather though is about 8°C below average here (avg max is 16.4°C for May) which is pretty unprecedented - though we still have 2/3 of the month to go, so it will be very unlikely to end that way.
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5 hours ago, MP-R said:
They don’t. They just don’t expect it to be rubbish. I haven’t seen anyone who expects a summer like last year to be the norm.
Exactly. Nobody expects the UK to suddenly transform into the Mediterranean. It is unusual for the weather to go from one extreme one year, to the very opposite in the very next. From one of the warmest Mays on record to possibly the coldest. That has to be pretty unusual within a short space of time.
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4 hours ago, Azazel said:
Right, models looking ghastly into June now.
Gonna log out for a few weeks, stop obsessing and hope the second-half of summer delivers something. Have a good May y'all!
Me too, I'm like the coldies who go into hibernation in summer, but in reverse. I go into hibernation in summer when below average gunk slips into the woodwork and northern blockin patterns get established. I bet that no less do I forget about the weather, a sudden heatwave will appear out of nowhere.
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Garbage weather today, I am not an "anti rain" person either - I like rain, in showers and thunderstorms with mild or warm weather. Not all day drizzle with temperatures that would be more befitting of February in freakin' May. Hope this rubbish cold nonsense disappears and soon.
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57 minutes ago, Earthshine said:
Interestingly enough, May 2018 brought one the most incredible thunderstorms I've seen in years. Overnight the sky was like a disco, completely ablaze with electricity. Although I agree on the summers themselves in recent years have been lacking.
Yeah south of the Midlands had some really good storms in late May last year but sadly they all missed northern England. I used to live in the South and had some good night time storms there though.
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Up here, July gets the most of this type of thing going by my records. In fact I've almost never seen storm overnight in June or August here.
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I hope it has a lot of thunderstorm activity. I haven't seen a proper thunderstorm since 2016. Don't care about really sunny dry weather like last year, though I like warmer than average conditions. Warm and convective would do nicely.
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10°C, 60% humidity, scattered clouds.
A bit on the cooler side but nothing unusual.
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2 minutes ago, Frosty. said:
Blocking to the east and northwest perhaps
Well bear in mind I'm new to looking into this sort of thing, so what is obvious to many here, is not to me, but I'm happy to learn.
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I find it hilarious how that low pressure system after the northerly just moves over the UK and then sits there going round and round in circles! I always used to think places like Scandinavia would get more low pressure than the UK in summer being further North but they actually get much sunnier warmer and drier weather than we do May-Sept. What makes the low pressure sit over the UK so much?
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Not been notably dry here. Last year was wetter than average, and Jan+Feb were quite dry, but these are months with low evaporation rates which were followed by a March with twice the normal rainfall. April did miss any significant precipitation, but this spring is only running slightly below average thanks to March, and May looks to easily make up for that.
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Winter: Mild, sunny and dry.
Summer: Hot, humid and stormy with intense lightning storms and torrential rain on at least half the days.
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Today's cack! I mean it's the kind of weather even coldies despise in January, and in May it's just useless lol. The fact that hoardes of people were out enjoying themselves last May bank holiday but the few who can be bothered to go outside this weekend are bundled up in coats hats and scarves with an umbrella today says it all!
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I've lived in Northern England since 2003 and it is utterly pathetic for thunder! Maybe a decent storm once every 3-5 years and about 3-4 days with some rumbles a year on average. I get my storm fill from YouTube videos mostly, and also I watch the high quality webcams in places like Chicago, Dallas or New Orleans when they get big spring/summer thunderstorms.
The two places I lived which actually got something resembling a "thunderstorm" once a year in the UK were Berkshire and Lincolnshire.
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It's days like this in May that make you realise how wonderful it is that alcohol was invented
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14:28
6.6°C, 92% humidity, overcast.
Beautiful warm spring day.
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Won't count but I'll go for a below average 11.2°C for temperature.
Rain: 135%
Sun: 89%
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Here in South Yorkshire, 00:58AM BST.
7.4°C, 94% humidity, overcast with drizzle in the vicinity.
Pressure 1016, wind 2mph SE.
Summer 2019 - Moans, Ramps, Chat etc
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Posted · Edited by Thundershine
Not to be funny or anything, as we all have different prefereces. But what temperature do you generally need to use Air Conditioning? I live in a north facing apartment and so far indoor temps are about 15°C without heat and I get it to about 18°C - with central heating with the current temperatures. I am quite warm/heat tolerant myself, so whenever I go abroad (love the Mediterranean climates) I often argue to turnoff the AC when the person I'm with always wants it on! It's only been up to 26°C in my apartment last July, so no AC required for me, but I know south facing rooms can get hot even with cool temps and a lot of sun.