Autumn 2023

[damianslaw]

2 hours ago, cheese said:

Yeah, many counties have big variations in rainfall due to size and topography. In North Yorkshire, Malham in the Pennines has an average of 1587mm, while Church Fenton between Leeds and York has 603mm. 
 

In Devon, Plymouth gets 1037mm. As far as I can tell it’s the wettest town or city in England with over 150,000 people.

I think Ambleside followed by Windermere are the two wettest towns in England overall.

October can in many a year end up the wettest month of the year. More typically the honour goes to December closely followed by November. We are soon to enter the very wet season here, lasting late Oct to early Feb.  Oh joy!

Edited October 5, 2023 by damianslaw

[Catbrainz]

Wondering what folks here thought of September. I would give it a 7.5/10 overall. Was away for a week so am going by 2nd hand accounts a little but first half was lovely with warmth and sunshine and 2nd half was very mixed with a mix of showery days, sunny days and heavy rain but it never felt oppressively wet or gloomy for me as a whole, a decent and enjoyable Sept overall. It felt like a sunnier version of this years August. 

[alexisj9]

2 minutes ago, Catbrainz said:

Wondering what folks here thought of September. I would give it a 7.5/10 overall. Was away for a week so am going by 2nd hand accounts a little but first half was lovely with warmth and sunshine and 2nd half was very mixed with a mix of showery days, sunny days and heavy rain but it never felt oppressively wet or gloomy for me as a whole, a decent and enjoyable Sept overall. It felt like a sunnier version of this years August. 

I thought it was weird, would rate it high too, probably 7 I think. 

[marky810]

The met office & bbc forecasts at present for Leeds tomorrow are like chalk & cheese. How could they be so different with 24hrs to go? Hope the bbc one comes off.

[cheese]

29 minutes ago, marky810 said:

The met office & bbc forecasts at present for Leeds tomorrow are like chalk & cheese. How could they be so different with 24hrs to go? Hope the bbc one comes off.

BBC - sunny and 21C

Met Office - cloudy and 20C

Temperatures not too different, seems like the main difference will be whether it's sunny or not. Guess we'll see!

Edited October 6, 2023 by cheese

[Andy Bown]

6 minutes ago, cheese said:

BBC - sunny and 21C

Met Office - cloudy and 20C

Temperatures not too different, seems like the main difference will be whether it's sunny or not. Guess we'll see!

Very often when Met Office shows cloudy it equates to high cloud with hazy sunshine.

[cheese]

12 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Very often when Met Office shows cloudy it equates to high cloud with hazy sunshine.

I was thinking that myself.

[Bristawl Si]

Two sides of Autumn coming up over the next 10 days or so, it seems.

I'll enjoy this weekend and into first part of next week, but afters.......

Edited October 6, 2023 by Bristle Si

[Alderc 2.0]

It’s a lovely bright start down here, feels very for early in the morning in October! 

[Alderc 2.0]

12 minutes ago, Bristle Si said:

Two sides of Autumn coming up over the next 10 days or so, it seems.

I'll enjoy this weekend and into first part of next week, but afters.......

While the drop is coming next week the deeper cold that was being progged is thankfully being modified and even this mornings gfs is a something of an outlier. 

[cheese]

Met showing rain in Glasgow from 2pm today until 4pm Sunday, wtf. A serious rainfall event is about to unfold in parts of Scotland.

Edited October 6, 2023 by cheese

[reef]

Its looking like the front that has been stuck over us for days is going to move north and pep up.

A really dreadful start to October here, just overcast and warm with constant light rain or drizzle. We've had just 9 hours of sunshine in 5 days and now it's not even looking like the weekend will be sunny either.

The far south will be warm and sunny so that will get the headlines.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Morning Campers ...

[TwisterGirl81]

Morning, Where’s the sun, cool and cloudy here, hopefully it clears up soon  

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Hazy here 

[danm]

A lot of cloud this morning but looks to be slowly breaking up.

[Weather Enthusiast91]

Looks like something more akin to October will be arriving after next Wednesday, so the warm spell is shortlived thankfully.

We are afterall well into autumn now. Summer has had its chance, but it doesn't belong in October.

Roll on the cool crisp sunny days, as well as a storm or two. 

Edited October 6, 2023 by Weather Enthusiast91

[Weather Enthusiast91]

1 hour ago, Bristle Si said:

Two sides of Autumn coming up over the next 10 days or so, it seems.

I'll enjoy this weekend and into first part of next week, but afters.......

We are in October now. Turning autumnal at some point is inevitable. 

[cheese]

11 minutes ago, Weather Enthusiast91 said:

We are in October now. Turning autumnal at some point is inevitable. 

Doesn’t mean you have to like it though. Maybe if we had a continental climate with sunny autumns and vivid colours it would be more enjoyable though (as opposed to the grey, damp and miserable autumns we actually experience).

November is my least favourite month of the year for that reason - usually too early for snow, certainly too late for summer warmth, just drizzly grey rubbish. 

Edited October 6, 2023 by cheese

[Bristawl Si]

17 minutes ago, Weather Enthusiast91 said:

We are in October now. Turning autumnal at some point is inevitable. 

No sh#t sherlock

12 minutes ago, cheese said:

Doesn’t mean you have to like it though. Maybe if we had a continental climate with sunny autumns and vivid colours it would be more enjoyable though (as opposed to the grey, damp and miserable autumns we actually experience).

November is my least favourite month of the year for that reason - usually too early for snow, certainly too late for summer warmth, just drizzly grey rubbish. 

Nail

Head

[stainesbloke]

Beautiful, sunny autumn day here, after a chilly (9°C) start, it should reach 19°C today. Next 7-10 days look very pleasant, maximum temperatures between 15-22°C and overnight lows of 5-12°C. 

[baddie]

Just now, stainesbloke said:

Beautiful, sunny autumn day here, after a chilly (9°C) start, it should reach 19°C today. Next 7-10 days look very pleasant, maximum temperatures between 15-22°C and overnight lows of 5-12°C. 

Overcast all day for me

[SunnyG]

It would be great here in London if it weren't for the effing wind. God how I hate wind. Get thee gone, Satan.

[SunnyG]

42 minutes ago, cheese said:

Doesn’t mean you have to like it though. Maybe if we had a continental climate with sunny autumns and vivid colours it would be more enjoyable though (as opposed to the grey, damp and miserable autumns we actually experience).

November is my least favourite month of the year for that reason - usually too early for snow, certainly too late for summer warmth, just drizzly grey rubbish. 

My top 3 hated months of the year: 1)December, 2) November, 3) October.  Dark, awful, unpleasant months I would gladly get rid of.

1 hour ago, reef said:

Its looking like the front that has been stuck over us for days is going to move north and pep up.

A really dreadful start to October here, just overcast and warm with constant light rain or drizzle. We've had just 9 hours of sunshine in 5 days and now it's not even looking like the weekend will be sunny either.

The far south will be warm and sunny so that will get the headlines.

Will it though? Looks hazy and breezy at the moment....

[SunnyG]

9 hours ago, Catbrainz said:

Wondering what folks here thought of September. I would give it a 7.5/10 overall. Was away for a week so am going by 2nd hand accounts a little but first half was lovely with warmth and sunshine and 2nd half was very mixed with a mix of showery days, sunny days and heavy rain but it never felt oppressively wet or gloomy for me as a whole, a decent and enjoyable Sept overall. It felt like a sunnier version of this years August. 

Compared to July it was a definite 9. On its own a 7.5-8 (at least in London).