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Can see the cbs to the south very clearly now.

The longer this garbage goes on for into the spring, the better I would want autumn to be, even after a bbq summer. If April ends up being dull and wet too, all eyes on October to lengthen the sunny warm conditions. I just prefer it when the sun is summer strength in April, not autumn strength in October.

Some brilliant cloudscapes the last few days. I don’t mind this sort of unsettled. Nice big anvil spreading to my west.

damianslaw Although I don't personally remember June 1998, I would say June 2008 was considerably better... the month had a fair bit of sunny weather varying from warm to occasionally hot to cool. Overall dry though, bar a few days. A lot of July 2008 I would say was worse than 1998, but the hot spell later in the month beat anything 1998 delivered. The Augusts are the most different for sure. raz.org.rain Funnily enough I did catch the iphone weather app with an 18C and 19C for the end of next week before it downgraded to mid teens. Not that they're accurate at all, but maybe whatever feeds the app is on to something.

Summer8906 That Bank Holiday really was dire. 2008 was almost as bad just not quite as cold, and at least the Saturday was ok. Summer8906 It was a very dull day and cool to boot (also my birthday as it happens). It then rained overnight before clearing to give a bright sunny fresh day on the 24th.

Bristawl Si Indeed. Had some good flashes of lightning and loud thunder though. Sun creeping out again now.

Thunder again here and very heavy rain.

Sparkiee storm Heard a lot of that tracking just to my west. If only it was a more southwesterly flow, I'd have had a more direct hit! Still... 2nd thunder day this month.

Harry233 You did pretty well then. Perhaps the south was more at the mercy of the southerly tracking jet. Here are my rainfall figures for May, June and July, and then August by comparison.

Thunder to my southwest now.

Summer8906 Maybe if we end up having a really troughy March and April, we might have an anticyclonic September and October for a change in compensation (I know it doesn't work like that). A few runs have hinted at heights trying to nose in towards the UK with hotter air sneaking into southern Spain by week 2 in April but I won't hold my breath. It's as if we are stuck in autumnal Atlantic rut now, but not quite with the same autumnal clout that pushes things along. Yuck.

Andy Bown Would’ve thought it’s a thing all year Andy.

cheese Just like how it was when I lived there.

Well probably have a dry period that spans two seasons but doesn’t make one particular season drier than average Maybe May-Jul.

B87 Just shows how good the second half of June was! Sadly I missed Julys hot weather and instead arrived home in time for that really naff final week. I very much enjoyed August and September though.

B87 Yes. Another 2005 type summer would be good. Lots of sunny weather earlier in June too even though it was cool.

Harry233 Other than the opening days and a short interlude around the 21st-24th, it was incredibly unsettled and westerly. For many, it was wetter than June, myself included.

WYorksWeather If that were to play out then we really need to April & May to be good months too otherwise this really is going to be a depressing year… again!

In Absence of True Seasons Ironically, June 06th was the coolest day of the month over here with a high of only 17°C . It was the only day where North Sea cloud lasted for much of the day this far west.

Much like January this year… but that just turned out bone dry, bright and chilly.

In Absence of True Seasons Indeed…. It seems to be playing out as the same weather we’ve always had, just for longer periods of time, and excluding more of the extremes like snow, thunderstorms, severe gales etc. This of course allows for longer dull periods, longer wet periods, longer dry periods and so potentially higher heatwave maxima if heatwaves last longer.

Wold Topper No bad thing, most suncreams are as bad if not worse than UV itself so it’s very much a risk : reward re what one slaps on.

Feeling cooler today at 11.5°C but occasional sun coming out.

CryoraptorA303 Camden is valid.

CryoraptorA303 Depending on what you mean by significant, 2018, 1995 and 1990 come to mind. The nineties examples were week long spells though.