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Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
I get what you mean, but I still find a 10°C damp and cloudy day much warmer than a 0°C and sunny one. And I tend to find that high humidity, even at low temps, tends to make it feel warmer for me. I guess we’re all different! -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
You mean you feel colder when it’s 10°C outside than when it’s 0°C… Whaaaaaat? -
To be honest, with how the weather has been over the last few months and the diabolical weather we have at the moment, I can’t imagine us even getting any warm and sunny weather ever again, let alone hot weather. I’ll guess it will probably reach about 37°C at Heathrow in a one day wonder heat spike in late July, the rest of the summer will be cool, wet and cloudy.
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Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Yet another chilly, overcast and murky day here. Currently 7.4°C. It’s the cloud and the gloominess I hate more than rain, I’d rather have sunshine and showers than just dry but overcast all day. -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
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East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
I agree about the first week of April often being cold. Easter is often cold too. One of those regularities of the weather, like how the first week of September is often dry, sunny and warm. May 2017, 2019 and 2022 were pretty good too. May 2019 was rather cool, but it was also quite dry (and quite sunny I remember). Strange that. No rain there. Still cold and cloudy though, but only a bit of drizzle at most. I am usually wetter than you, must be a rain shadow effect because of the northerly wind. May is often the best month of the year in the north west. Often sunny, dry and fairly warm, while eastern areas tend to be cold and foggy thanks to easterly winds. -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
I don’t know about anyone else but I tend to find bbc weather forecasts too pessimistic when it comes to rainfall… They almost always forecast every day to be raining here, whereas the met office app is more optimistic. Neither outlook is very inspiring though, to say the least. -
Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless
East Lancs Rain replied to SunSean's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
I guess things might have been different in Sheffield but February was a washout here, and the mild days were all very cloudy/damp here, there was barely any sunshine. March while being cold and very cloudy has at least been mostly dry. At least we’ve lost the relentless rain! -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Just saw this on YouTube… My response? Considering we’ve just had an exceptionally spell bad spell of weather since last July, with some parts of the country, having their wettest July and December on record, yes, I think we ought to be moaning about it! Another cold and cloudy day here, no rain though. -
If you had to lose one of the following weathers....
East Lancs Rain replied to Lauren's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
If by scorching sun, how hot are we talking? If it’s temps above, say 30°C, then I would happily never those conditions again as I’m not a huge fan of the heat, much prefer 20°C and sunny conditions. I’d miss not having snow or thunderstorms ever again though. -
Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless
East Lancs Rain replied to SunSean's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
And it will be Sod’s Law that the moment you leave the UK the weather will turn warm and sunny! -
Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless
East Lancs Rain replied to SunSean's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
WYorksWeather I definitely prefer the climate on the east coast to here. Much drier, much more sunshine and more temperature moderation so fewer heatwaves, fewer cold nights etc. You also get a sea breeze which is nice in summer. The only downside is the cooler springs with cold sea breezes. Lancashire tends to be warmer than Yorkshire and the north east in an easterly wind, but Yorkshire tends to be warmer (and often sunnier) in a westerly wind, which is most of the time. -
Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless
East Lancs Rain replied to SunSean's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
September and October 2016 were good though (and August 2016 in the south, it was a very mixed month here though). And the winter of 2016/17 was quite dry and the Spring of 2017 was quite good. September 2016 to June 2017 was quite a nice period for weather. It got to about 10.5C here yesterday in East Lancs, which I wouldn’t consider cold for early March. I’m guessing West Yorkshire was very similar. It did feel quite chilly when I went for a late afternoon walk though. It was nice and sunny earlier today but it’s clouded over now and it’s cooler at only 8.4C. I guess it depends on where in Manchester you are. The city centre is warmer and is relatively dry with around 800-900 mm of rain a year. But the surrounding towns like Oldham and Rochdale are a bit cooler and considerably wetter with around 1200-1300 mm of rain a year, wetter than just about anywhere in Yorkshire. As for sunshine, I would guess the city centre is a bit sunnier than the surrounding towns as well. Generally, the weather is a lot drier on the eastern side of the Pennines, and somewhat sunnier too. There is a poster on here from Leeds who often gets drier/sunnier weather than what I’m getting. The exception is when we get a sunny easterly (usually in Spring) when west of the Pennines is warmer. -
Well.. This thread aged well! Since this thread was posted, we’ve had a wet summer, a very wet autumn, an exceptionally wet winter as well as a very wet year overall… I hope you got the rain you wanted! We desperately need a long spell of dry weather now. Amazing how things have changed over the past 9 months.
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Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless
East Lancs Rain replied to SunSean's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
We did get a nice September and October here, and August 2016 was also pretty good in the south (it was a very mixed month here). Then the winter of 2016/17 was also quite dry, and we had a nice Spring in 2017. I’d also like to point out that before March last year, we had a dry and sunny February, the winter was also quite dry (IIRC) and the spring, summer and autumn of 2022 were all drier than average, especially the summer. And before that, I think the winter of 2021/22 was quite dry also.. So I’d say we were probably due a wet spell. Although I agree with other it’s gone on for a way too long, we definitely need a few months of drier than average weather now. -
Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless
East Lancs Rain replied to SunSean's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
The last 8 months have been like stereotypical British weather - very cloudy, very wet, with very brief warm/hot and sunny periods. Thank goodness this isn’t the norm and our weather isn’t always like this! I agree it’s worrying, but then imagine how worried people must have been in the summer of 1976 when we had standpipes in the street in some areas. And we’ve had long periods of cloudy and wet weather before, for example April to December 2012 was exceptionally wet, more recently October 2019 to March 2020. The weather always makes up for itself. We will get a period of high pressure dominated weather at some point. The question is when? -
Worryingly Wet & Worryingly Sunless
East Lancs Rain replied to SunSean's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Hmmm.. Not sure about that… I think London tourists might like a bit of rain. ️ They probably expect it, after all, it’s what Britian is famous for! -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Seems like the north is doing better than the south today, unusual. -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
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Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
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Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Not a bad day here. It was cold and frosty this morning under clear skies, temp -1. Then it was mostly sunny until mid afternoon with the temp reaching around 9C. Then turned it turned cloudy and it’s raining now. Currently 6C. -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Well, guess that’s the first half of spring killed off then… -
An interesting summer update from Gavsweathervids looking at the top 10 wettest and mildest Februaries and the summers that followed (unsurprisingly, February 2024 was in the top 10 mildest and top 10 wettest on record). All Junes combined following top 10 mildest Februaries: All Julys combined following top 10 mildest Februaries: All Augusts combined following top 10 mildest Februaries: All Summers combined following top 10 mildest Februaries: All Junes combined following top 10 wettest Februaries: All Julys combined following top 10 wettest Februaries: All Augusts combined following top 10 wettest Februaries: All Summers combined following top 10 wettest Februaries: Overall, quite a good signal looking at the summers following the top 10 mildest Februaries. The summers following the top 10 wettest? Not so much…
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Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
It’s been a mostly cloudy day here too. Temp disappointing as well only reached about 7C. -
Moans, ramps and banter
East Lancs Rain replied to Community Team's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
March 2021 had a nice start here: But yes the weather does have those strange anomalies. Like how Easter is often cold and the first week of September is often warm, dry and sunny.