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Wow, just been awoken by a really intense and unexpected squall.

7.1& 122mm

A lot more intense than the other day here, the wind is very loud against my bedroom window

Full cover now, still coming down

Just looking forward for some dry weather, honestly I can’t remember the last day it didn’t rain. It’s been appalling.

5.5C and 102mm

The early September heatwave, I timed it perfectly with a week off work, so welcome after a horrid July. The snowfall in early March was memorable, we had snow falling for 5 days straight, peaking on the Friday which gave a good dumping. June was memorable but has been soured somewhat by how poor July was.

4.2 and 88mm

2016 saw the earliest laying snow I can remember just after Bonfire night. We saw more snow on a Friday towards the end of the month. 2010 was obviously very memorable during the final week, can’t remember the first half of that month if I’m honest. 2005 I remember being cold at the end too.

Think we were in the “eye” it was clear and sunny for a while after a wet morning. The sky has got much darker in the last 5 minutes.

8.8c and 101mm

July was one of the worst in living memory. For me July should be the absolute peak of summer and to have every weekend cool, wet and windy was a massive let down.

Let’s go for 12.1 and 98mm

Very hazy today compared to the last few days, my car was also covered in dust this morning

14.2 & 92mm

June seems like a distant memory, thank god I went to Greece end of June for two weeks. It’s been atrocious pretty much every day since I got back though. An absolute rotter of a summer.

Yeah decent little storm, took me by surprise!

Absolutely atrocious period of weather, as bad as anything from the poor summers period of the late 2000s & early 2010s. No redeeming features whatsoever.

Spot on, I hate the guilt tripping from some for just wanting some warm clear days in the height of summer. The same people that beg for months of freezing weather in winter which can be just as deadly as a heatwave… Anyway this month has been completely dire, a real dog egg of a summer month. I don’t care if “statistically it hasn’t been bad compared to the 1960s”, I really couldn’t give a toss!

Just walked through a load of conkers on the floor which tells you everything you need to know about this July.

This was a weird summer in that it felt consistently warm but without any prolonged heatwaves. It’s probably the most thundery summer I can remember especially during August. We had some cracking storms during the second week in particular.

Classics: - 2018 & 2022: 2018 edges it slightly because the heat started in May and lasted until early August. It was also timed perfectly with the World Cup that year. The heat wasn’t as oppressive as 2022 either with cooler nights. 2022 was more stop start in comparison but the heatwaves were truly exceptional. I never thought I’d see 40C ever in Britain let alone so widely, it felt every bit as hot as the Mediterranean. I was in Cornwall for the August heatwave too which was fantastic. Very good: 2013, 2014, 2021: 2013 is the top of this pile because that heatwave in July felt like such a relief after years after complete rubbish. 2014 had a lovely June and July but August was shocking. 2021 seemed to be warm throughout with the heat peaking in mid July. Some decent storms that year too. Decent: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023 (up to now): 2016 & 2019 were fairly similar with no real prolonged heatwave but pulses of hot weather throughout. 2019 edges it due to the extreme heat at the end of July and it was decent for storms. 2020 had the early August heatwave which was intense but the rest of it was average. This terrible July has dragged this year down for now even though June was brilliant. Average to poor: 2017 & 2015: 2017 had a decent June but the rest of the summer was rubbish. 2015 was so boring I can barely remember anything interesting (I was away for the early July hot spell). I would say no summer has been truly terrible since 2012 which would be bottom by a large margin if it was included in this list.

16.6 & 82mm

One of the worst July days in a long time today, an absolute shocker

17.7 & 88mm