Summer 2021: Moans, Groans, Ramps and Banter

[hillbilly]

6 minutes ago, Penrith Snow said:

Here in Cumbria one decent month makes a summer and June was excellent. 
 

Anyway, any summer that is book ended by a severe winter is a good year!  

Its July and August that make a summer,June is almost always at least decent

[stainesbloke]

6 hours ago, Weather Enthusiast91 said:

The constant bickering is partly why the moans thread is my favourite one on the whole forum. Who needs Netflix when you can just come on here? 

It’s even funnier in winter! Many a laugh to be had, very entertaining 

[sarahng]

I honestly thought I had woken up in November this morning!  So, so dark, howling wind and heavy rain on and off.  Early August???  Tried to sit out with a glass of wine half an hour ago and the wind was blowing everything off the table.  Fed up with it!

[HellItsHot]

Despite the forecast, stayed dry here all today. Looking like rain at Trent Bridge now though. Weather in Notts usually reaches here within the hour. 
 

 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

I'd say forecast a bit crap for today, was meant to be sun and showers, not slow moving front from the west

[markyo]

15 hours ago, stainesbloke said:

It’s even funnier in winter! Many a laugh to be had, very entertaining 

Summer or Winter it can be like a aisle in Mothercare....then amount of teddies and dummies flying about!

[Azazel]

Garbage weather this weekend - did get a clap of thunder on Friday afternoon though which takes my grand total up to about 5 claps - making it an extremely thundery summer by recent standards.

Ive spoken to many people from Northumberland, to Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Devon etc and they all agree it’s been an absolutely dogs**t summer. 
 

Roll on spring 

[simshady]

Now this is more like a good 'ol British summer!

[Neilsouth]

One of the worst Summers I can remember, with almost endless wind and rain! In fact nearly every weekend has been ruined in some form because of the weather........ A week's worth of dry humid weather does not make a summer. Dreadful and time is running out before it's back to Autumn. **** weather

[sarahng]

10 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:

One of the worst Summers I can remember, with almost endless wind and rain! In fact nearly every weekend has been ruined in some form because of the weather........ A week's worth of dry humid weather does not make a summer. Dreadful and time is running out before it's back to Autumn. **** weather

I know, awful, isn't it?  My heating is on as I write so must be chilly.  What's the betting that the weather will suddenly improve in September when it's too late to enjoy lovely light evenings outside?

[Neilsouth]

How wrong can you get it? This wrong! Yesterday's forecast for Sunday, and Today's forecast for Sunday... Both BEEB and Met epic fail

[markyo]

38 minutes ago, simshady said:

Now this is more like a good 'ol British summer!

Certainly a case of beware low flying teddies this August so far! Still time for a change though

[Jamie M]

Using @BruenSryan's summer index, I worked out this summer so far and its rankings.

June 2021 was 38th worst in the series going back to 1935 from Manston at 26.061994750656

July 2021 was 115th worst in the series going back to 1935 from Manston at 32.544170688341

Still not as bad as the likes of June 2016 (18.000052493438) & August 2010 (18.978282956566) which both stood at 3rd and 6th worst.

Unbroken series graph above ^

[Azazel]

All lights on in the house at 10.30am in ‘high summer’ because it’s so dark. 14 degrees and steady rain falling. 
 

Probably confirmation bias but I swear days like this were really rare in pre 2010 summers (they obviously happened but were very notable when they did) - in recent summers we seem to get 10-15 days like this at least.

[sarahng]

Meanwhile, in Northern Finland it's 19 degrees with blue skies and sun!

[hillbilly]

Rain,rain,rain and rain for almost a full week here and dizzy heights of 15 deg.I hope all those winging when we had 28 deg ,hot and sunny are enjoying their 'Useable' summer weather.I dont think they meed worry now as they can enjoy another 50 weeks of this heaven before the 2 weeks of Hell arrive again!

[Stargazer]

20 hours ago, Penrith Snow said:

Manchester sunnier than London? Someone is having a laugh  

It seems that Greenwich really only averaged 1410 hours of sunshine per year from 1981 to 2010, but most other areas of London, particularly to the west, are sunnier than that with around 1550-1650 hours. Would Greenwich be more prone to fog perhaps? I think I've seen an average annual sunshine map somewhere showing a noticeable dull area around London.

Greenwich Park (Greater London) UK climate averages

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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Greenwich Park UK climate averages

 

[Wold Topper]

Sat in the garden with a brew, bit cloudy, but pleasant enough, hey ho each to their own!

[Nick L]

15C at midday in August. This summer is getting worse!

[NEVES SCREAMER]

A whole weekend of festering dog poo. After yesterday's washout today just cool grey windy. And last night walking back from the pub was horribly cold and it felt like November. Today our temps are on a par with Iceland.  Utterly shocking.  

[Met.]

Boregust is certainly turning out to be a grotty month here. Not concerned about the temps but for my outdoor hobbies such as cycling, it's been a nuisance with extremely poorly forecast rainfall amounts/timings, and where I live are plenty of very steep hills which can be pretty lethal when damp especially the busier ones. 15-20 degrees is great for outdoor activities so no complaints about temperatures, but what does it take just to get a dry week in summer?

Edited August 8, 2021 by Thundershine

[Wold Topper]

And... now its raining, albeit a brief interlood and quite refreshing

[Badgers01]

Poor Augtumn  day here just 15c in the Surrey Hills eyeing up the nest controller might have to shove the heating on the dampness is making it feel worse !!

[Nick L]

Fear not though folks, I'm on night shifts next weekend so I fully expect a gorgeous, sunny and warm few days.

[Sunny76]

1 hour ago, hillbilly said:

Rain,rain,rain and rain for almost a full week here and dizzy heights of 15 deg.I hope all those winging when we had 28 deg ,hot and sunny are enjoying their 'Useable' summer weather.I dont think they meed worry now as they can enjoy another 50 weeks of this heaven before the 2 weeks of Hell arrive again!

This is what I always found laughable about those who complained about it being too hot during the first half of June, and the middle of July, when it reached temps of 28-32c for barely a few days at a time. 
 

In the meantime we have to put up with 17-21c weather, cloudy skies and damp conditions. How is that useable for anyone in the height of summer? Lol

Yes, nobody wants days on end of 35c, but a week of 30c heat and the odd day of 35c wouldn’t go a miss right now.