Spring 2023 - Moans, Ramps & Chat

[Sun Chaser]

Just now, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Sorry for being rude. I truly am feeling as bad as I posted as well as highly hormonal.

Don't worry lol, to be fair it was a valid response!! Hoping we all get some sun this weekend and for a great May because we deserve it.

[alexisj9]

2 hours ago, NEVES SCREAMER said:

Max 8c today. 7 days away from May. Utterly awful. You know. We get to 1st November and the cold and dark kicks in. We get to the end of February and yay !!! It's spring. The clocks go forward. The nights get lighter. You think great a bit warmer. Get rid of big winter coats. But no. In UK 59 days before the nights start drawing in again I am standing here in a big fleece lined winter coat. Last warm day was mid October 2022. 6 months on just dreary cold persists. Really hoping things turn round pretty soon because this is just awful. 

Don't know what the temp was here but must have been warmer than that, was sweating while out shopping.

[Mapantz]

Here's my max temps and sunshine hours for this month. Whilst nothing spectacular, not abysmal either.

 

[TwisterGirl81]

4 minutes ago, plymsunshine said:

First sentence is very true hahaha... if I had the money I'd be moving straight out of here to somewhere with an actual climate!

Ha ha, it’s not that bad I’m sure…me too though if our climate was a bit more reliable it’s not a bad place to be in the world 

[Sun Chaser]

2 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Don't know what the temp was here but must have been warmer than that, was sweating while out shopping.

Kent seems to have peaked at about 12C today, but it was very humid this morning!

[TwisterGirl81]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

Here's my max temps and sunshine hours for this month. Whilst nothing spectacular, not abysmal either.

 

Interesting, what site did you get that from? Would be interested to see Exeter stats for April so far in such a clear manner

[Mapantz]

1 minute ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

Interesting, what site did you get that from? Would be interested to see Exeter stats for April so far in such a clear manner

That's data from my own weather station.

[TwisterGirl81]

Just now, Mapantz said:

That's data from my own weather station.

I need to get one

[chris888]

all the moaning on here would hate to see the comments if we get a 2012 style summer lol 

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, plymsunshine said:

Kent seems to have peaked at about 12C today, but it was very humid this morning!

Yep I noticed that, humidity, no wind equals felt very warm for a change, didn't need a jacket but had to wear one, hence being to hot. If it hadn't rained even with the cloud it would have been a comfortable day, for a change.

[NEVES SCREAMER]

8 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Just remember not all of us are asking 20+ plus sodding degrees 

Well. Maybe just a 17.6c or something....

[Sun Chaser]

Just now, TwisterGirl81 said:

Interesting, what site did you get that from? Would be interested to see Exeter stats for April so far in such a clear manner

Not Exeter I know but I get my Plymouth stats from this amateur weather station, it's amazing and quite close I guess?

Weather Plymouth - Temperature Detail

WWW.BEARSBYTHESEA.CO.UK

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Local weather data for Plymouth Devon UK. Realtime weather and Lightning data updated every 10 seconds. Local 7 day weather forecasts updated 5 times a day using local data and model data. History of...

After some searching I found one for Exeter but it only goes back to March 2021 and isn't as clearly laid out, but I hope it helps!

University of Exeter, Exeter, UK Weather Conditions

EMPSLOCAL.EX.AC.UK

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Weather conditions for University of Exeter, Exeter, UK as observed by a personal weather station and the weewx weather software

 

[TwisterGirl81]

1 minute ago, chris888 said:

all the moaning on here would hate to see the comments if we get a 2012 style summer lol 

I can’t remember that far back, how bad was it? What’s the stats 

[Mapantz]

2 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

I need to get one

More variables here:

Wareham Weather - Data Summary

WAREHAMWX.CO.UK

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Weather data summary for Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom

[chris888]

Just now, TwisterGirl81 said:

I can’t remember that far back, how bad was it? What’s the stats 

it was a washout summer with flooding 

2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods - Wikipedia

EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

[Sun Chaser]

1 minute ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

I can’t remember that far back, how bad was it? What’s the stats 

PLEASE never again 

[NEVES SCREAMER]

1 minute ago, chris888 said:

all the moaning on here would hate to see the comments if we get a 2012 style summer lol 

If we get a 2012 summer I think I will buy a sun lamp. Shut the curtains. And pretend I am in Singapore or something. Although given the gas and electric (which incidentally costs 4 times higher in UK than everywhere else in Europe) I will probably just put about 3 jackets on and sit back and think of England.

[Sunny76]

11 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

I can’t remember that far back, how bad was it? What’s the stats 

The worst summer in my opinion, and part of that rotten string of summers from 2007 until 2012. We had a few cold snowy winters around that period, but the summers were diabolical.

[Snowy L]

Just looking at March and the data conflicting with how many of us have felt. It turns out night time minimum temperatures have been inflating the CET. Obviously most people aren't awake to feel the temperature overnight, but the relevant stats, the temperatures we can actually experience when we are awake and out and about, show that we have not been going crazy imagining how rubbish it has been. Compared to the 30 year era we have most recently lived through, maximum temperatures were near or below average for most.

But the stats people will remember are a significantly above average CET (+1.4) when compared to an era 70-40 years ago.

[NEVES SCREAMER]

1 minute ago, Sunny76 said:

The worst summer in my opinion, and part of that rotten string of summers from 2007 until 2012. We had a few cold snowy winters around that period, but the summers were diabolical.

Yes. 2012 was excruciatingly bad. You will correct me if I'm wrong but it did perk up just a bit towards late July /August. When the commonwealth games were on in East London ??? But yes an absolute shocker of a summer. 2007 was abysmal. But the autumn was probably the nicest autumn I remember in terms of calm settled nice weather. 

[Sunny76]

3 minutes ago, Snowy L said:

Just looking at March and the data conflicting with how many of us have felt. It turns out night time minimum temperatures have been inflating the CET. Obviously most people aren't awake to feel the temperature overnight, but the relevant stats, the temperatures we can actually experience when we are awake and out and about, show that we have not been going crazy imagining how rubbish it has been. Compared to the 30 year era we have most recently lived through, maximum temperatures were near or below average for most.

But the stats people will remember are a significantly above average CET (+1.4) when compared to an era 70-40 years ago.

Like I said before, the averages mean sod all if you’ve been feeling cold and miserable.

It has been a poor spring, even compared to pre 1988 levels. 

3 minutes ago, NEVES SCREAMER said:

Yes. 2012 was excruciatingly bad. You will correct me if I'm wrong but it did perk up just a bit towards late July /August. When the commonwealth games were on in East London ??? But yes an absolute shocker of a summer. 2007 was abysmal. But the autumn was probably the nicest autumn I remember in terms of calm settled nice weather. 

Yes you are right. There was an improvement during the Olympics in the first half of August, but the second half was rather mixed and thundery. I remember a daytime thunderstorm on a Saturday in August 2012.

The only nice spell of sunny weather prior to August was the last part of May. 

[alexisj9]

8 minutes ago, Snowy L said:

Just looking at March and the data conflicting with how many of us have felt. It turns out night time minimum temperatures have been inflating the CET. Obviously most people aren't awake to feel the temperature overnight, but the relevant stats, the temperatures we can actually experience when we are awake and out and about, show that we have not been going crazy imagining how rubbish it has been. Compared to the 30 year era we have most recently lived through, maximum temperatures were near or below average for most.

But the stats people will remember are a significantly above average CET (+1.4) when compared to an era 70-40 years ago.

We had a lot of frosts down here both in march and April, do they have a mean low temp chart too, just wondering what that would show, where as central areas were under cloud it was clear and frosty in the east does include east Anglia though, so is probably reflected in the CET, but the west would moderate it somewhat 

Edited April 23, 2023 by alexisj9

[Snowy L]

2 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

We had a lot of frosts down here both in march and April, do they have a mean low temp chart too, just wondering what that would show, where as central areas were under cloud it was clear and frosty in the east does include east Anglia though, so is probably reflected in the CET, but the west would moderate it somewhat 

Above average for most of England and Wales

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by Snowy L

[stainesbloke]

38 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Just remember not all of us are asking 20+ plus sodding degrees 

True, seems to be a belief on here from some that wanting pleasant weather equates to wanting 40°C heatwaves. It doesn’t, just something sunnier and warmer than the dross served up aplenty of late

[alexisj9]

Average just over me, and the tip of east Anglia though, wondering on April now.

What's average min for Dover anyway.