Summer 2023 chat

[*Stormforce~beka*]

2 hours ago, alexisj9 said:

Another heavy burst, guess we are finally joining the rest of the country in the crud down here.

Yes we've had this since the beginning of June! 5 weeks of tosh now

1 hour ago, Sunny76 said:

I heard a rumble of thunder or maybe it was a plane lol.

Currently in west London.

Just had a rumble here. Now raining again ... So much for my lovely sunn yday lol

[ANYWEATHER]

Well,  it looks like Some places are going to see there coldest August day ..between 10 to 12c in places ...

[*Stormforce~beka*]

1 hour ago, cheese said:

The sun keeps coming out? What on earth?!

Isn't it gorgeous!! The best weather in the last 5 weeks

[cheese]

1 minute ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Isn't it gorgeous!! The best weather in the last 5 weeks

It even reached 16C when the sun came out. It’s a pretty nice October day.

[Methuselah]

14C here at the mo. I'm waiting for whatever's out west to arrive.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

15 minutes ago, Metwatch said:

There's a station in Greenland which is over a degree warmer than here. Another station in Svalbard was also briefly slightly warmer. Incredible.

That just says it all. Worst summer in 10 years. Well up there with the infamous 2007 and 2012! 

[NEVES SCREAMER]

Still to exceed 12c here. Rain/downpours/drizzle non stop for 12 hours. Without doubt one of the worst summer days in memory. ABSOLUTE AND UTTER GARBAGE. I looked at a map of Europe/Russia and Iceland earlier and only northern Iceland was colder than here. Just be thankful that we are at least matching SW Iceland at 12c. ROTTEN. ABSOLUTELY ROTTEN.

[Sunny76]

Another crap day, to add to the last 5 weeks of crap summer weather.

Cool, grey, rainy and very depressing. Not going out in that. 

1 minute ago, NEVES SCREAMER said:

Still to exceed 12c here. Rain/downpours/drizzle non stop for 12 hours. Without doubt one of the worst summer days in memory. ABSOLUTE AND UTTER GARBAGE. I looked at a map of Europe/Russia and Iceland earlier and only northern Iceland was colder than here. Just be thankful that we are at least matching SW Iceland at 12c. ROTTEN. ABSOLUTELY ROTTEN.

I will definitely reconsider and move to the med for a second home in the near future.

Hot sunny days are far better than this waste of a summer rubbish.

[MP-R]

Wind has switched around to the north and the temp has dropped from an earlier high 19.7°C to 15°C now!

[Sunny76]

25 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Yes we've had this since the beginning of June! 5 weeks of tosh now

Just had a rumble here. Now raining again ... So much for my lovely sunn yday lol

The heat haters must be in their element this summer. 

[StingJet]

8 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

That just says it all. Worst summer in 10 years. Well up there with the infamous 2007 and 2012! 

lol a few weeks ago I noticed parts of Sw Greenland hit 23c  equalling the UK max for the day
Today is a different story .. current minima's out there from the Netweather site

[raz.org.rain]

Looks like there's some agreement for notably hot weather after next week's plume at least.

[MP-R]

1 minute ago, Sunny76 said:

The heat haters must be in their element this summer. 

Amazed how many pages that thread has given there’s been no heat to complain about!

[StingJet]

5 minutes ago, MP-R said:

Wind has switched around to the north and the temp has dropped from an earlier high 19.7°C to 15°C now!

Same here 15c  following the northerly switch .. air temps currently equal to Irish Sea Temps ,  I cannot recall this ever for August 

[Bristawl Si]

6 minutes ago, MP-R said:

Wind has switched around to the north and the temp has dropped from an earlier high 19.7°C to 15°C now!

Yep, feels distinctly cold out there now and, at last, the strong winds have arrived here.

If they could blow my neighbour's tree down, as it's in full leaf, that would be nice. The ignorant flocker has refused to manage it and cut it back for years. It now imposes on both us and our next door neighbour - about 30ft tall, almost the same wide. Blocks out evening light and high summer sun (not that we've had much this Summer).

[Sunny76]

5 minutes ago, razorgrain said:

Looks like there's some agreement for notably hot weather after next week's plume at least.

I really hope there’s some warmth, as I’m off to Devon for a long weekend on the 18th to 20th.

25-30c will do nicely, but at the very least, low 20s and sunshine with no cloudy conditions. 

[Sunny76]

1 minute ago, Bristle Si said:

Yep, feels distinctly cold out there now and, at last, the strong winds have arrived here.

If they could blow my neighbour's tree down, as it's in full leaf, that would be nice. The ignorant flocker has refused to manage it and cut it back for years. It now imposes on both us and our next door neighbour - about 30ft tall, almost the same wide. Blocks out evening light and high summer sun (not that we've had much this Summer).

You can rely on good old Antoni to knock it down for you

Or it might get struck by lightning tonight if there’s a storm.

[raz.org.rain]

1 minute ago, Sunny76 said:

I really hope there’s some warmth, as I’m off to Devon for a long weekend on the 18th to 20th.

25-30c will do nicely, but at the very least, low 20s and sunshine with no cloudy conditions. 

It's sounding like it could be either average or wel above average depending on what happens after this upcoming plume.

[MP-R]

4 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

They moaned continuously for 10 days during June about it being too hot and unbearable, dangerous, and all the rest of it

July 2023 has affected more people’s mood, it’s just fact.

I can attest ti that. My mood sank through July…

2 minutes ago, razorgrain said:

This'll probably get deleted because it's taking shots at other people's preferences, even though the same thing is happening in the "heat" haters thread too.

So be it. More an indictment on whoever deletes it…

[Sunny76]

2 minutes ago, MP-R said:

I can attest ti that. My mood sank through July…

So be it. More an indictment on whoever deletes it…

If it’s a choice between summer 2022 or summer 2023, I would have to pick 22, despite the mid to high 30s temps. 
 

There’s no way I can tolerate damp rainy cloudy periods of weather for too long, especially at the time of year when you expect nice hot sunny weather.

[Jon Somerset]

Well it was nice while it lasted. Now blowing a gale and heavy rain. Let’s get it over with. Sun coming next week.

[MP-R]

3 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

If it’s a choice between summer 2022 or summer 2023, I would have to pick 22, despite the mid to high 30s temps. 
 

There’s no way I can tolerate damp rainy cloudy periods of weather for too long, especially at the time of year when you expect nice hot sunny weather.

Oh definitely. No contest. I’m a heat lover too, but it was such dry heat last year it was never that uncomfortable, and the nights weren’t too bad (other than 18th/19th July).

[Wold Topper]

2 hours ago, cheese said:

Seems like the east coast has seen a lot of rain recently. 

We had torrential rain and T &L early morning, thunderstorm woke me up at 5.15, after that we have been in that little clear bit on the radar and had no rain, 10-20 miles up the coast at Scarborough northwards, especially Whitby have had torrential rain and flooding, 

Edit: its tipping it down now

[Sunny76]

1 minute ago, MP-R said:

Oh definitely. No contest. I’m a heat lover too, but it was such dry heat last year it was never that uncomfortable, and the nights weren’t too bad (other than 18th/19th July).

Even that 40c wasn’t too bad. We loved the evening walk, even though it was 25c at 10pm. If felt like Spain and was lovely.

[Schnee]

23 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:

The heat haters must be in their element this summer. 

It's heavenly for working in...am enjoying that so much, I cannot hide that fact.  Though we do need summer for many reasons.