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To be utterly sick of this weather?

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VaxMerstappen · 09/12/2025 09:15

We always get plenty of people moaning on here whenever we're lucky enough to get some warm weather and a few days of sunshine in summer, so how about one for the utterly crap weather we have now?

Last weekend was dismal, it felt like it didn't get light all weekend - just constant rain/drizzle and grey skies. Today open the curtains to yet more of the same, Storm Bram this time. Feels like it's been weeks since I've had any sun on my face and my SAD is back with vengeance. It feels like we're just living through near-perpetual darkness at the moment, all the fields and woodland walks have been turned into a sludgey hell and I'm already mentally counting down to the brighter, fresher, happier days of spring. Please tell me I'm not the only one?

And before anyone pipes up with that they actually enjoy this weather and how great it is for getting 'cosy' etc, surely you can't be serious?!

YABU - I love this type of weather
YANBU - I just want to hibernate till spring time

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ScrambledEggs12 · 09/12/2025 15:31

Yeah, I'm sick of it. Wind is 60mph here at the moment.

Nofilter · 09/12/2025 15:13

Bleurgh! I’ve just ran back in my house after getting soaked and beat up by wind and rain trying to feed 4 horses I have at home it’s absolutely awful! Muddy, depressing and Bleurgh! 😂

CatPawsAreCute · 09/12/2025 15:02

Abracadabra12345 · 09/12/2025 14:57

Yes it’s the temperatures which worry me

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Last winter I think I wore my winter coat 4 or 5 times at most, and sometimes didn't wear a coat at all!

The last time I had to wrap up for bonfire night was about 15 years ago.

Abracadabra12345 · 09/12/2025 14:57

MaturingCheeseball · 09/12/2025 10:30

The thing is it’s not “cosy”. It’s really mild! I like cold and dark, now that is the weather to hunker down or even enjoy a dusk walk. But rain, rain, rain and temperatures not unknown in August is getting me down.

Yes it’s the temperatures which worry me

Dontyoulooktired · 09/12/2025 14:11

I’d rather rain than icy pavements to be honest.

RightOnTheEdge · 09/12/2025 14:11

I'd say, yes YABU because it's winter, but I'm also VU because I moan about the heat and sun in summer so I'm no better 😆

RampantIvy · 09/12/2025 14:08

Living in Yorkshire, so am glad we have had a lot of rain as our reservoirs were extremely low.

It is very mild today at 13 degrees, but wet and very windy.

Timebudda · 09/12/2025 13:54

RampantIvy · 09/12/2025 13:45

Do you have to drive in heavy motorway traffic in the dark and driving rain every day?

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Not now but I use to and still it didnt change my mind.
I still love it, i dont mind the sun if its a dull grey day and it's not hot or bright.
Definitely prefer storms all the weather mn hates.

Anonna123 · 09/12/2025 13:48

VaxMerstappen · 09/12/2025 13:45

No more a surprise surely than the people who complain about hot sunny weather in summer? 😉

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I think they're a bit silly too 😄 But I think complaining about climate change IS valid. Summers are wildly hotter than they were just 15 years ago. And winters are ridiculously wet and mild now. It was 18C yesterday where I live. In mid December.

toomuchfaff · 09/12/2025 13:47

YANBU

Two new bedding areas in dug in summer ☀️ have turned into mini moats, should have planted water lillies instead of foxglove..

RampantIvy · 09/12/2025 13:45

Timebudda · 09/12/2025 09:47

I like it.
Its really rough where I am windy raining, darkish perfect for me.

Do you have to drive in heavy motorway traffic in the dark and driving rain every day?

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VaxMerstappen · 09/12/2025 13:45

Anonna123 · 09/12/2025 13:42

I mean... It's winter. I don't want to be mean but does it come as a surprise to you every year?

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No more a surprise surely than the people who complain about hot sunny weather in summer? 😉

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Anonna123 · 09/12/2025 13:44

cornbunting · 09/12/2025 12:53

The only thing that bothers me about it is that it's so warm. It's December, it ought to be COLD. The climate change is so obvious, it scares the crap out of me. I want to give politicians and big businesses CEOs worldwide a bloody good shake. There's only so much the public can do with recycling and sustainable choices, we need major change on a global scale.

There are a few trees with blossom on near me. It's terrifying honestly.

whirlyhead · 09/12/2025 13:42

I'm semi-retired in Spain, and the days are usually sunny and not that cold at this time of year. It's bloody freezing at night though! Today it's early 20s so quite pleasant. When we get rain, it chucks it down, which is a relief, as we need the water for when all the tourists arrive in summer to use it all up... (they use about 6 times more than residents, I think).

I don't miss the miserable grey winter skies in england I must admit. I mainly miss the supermarkets.

Anonna123 · 09/12/2025 13:42

VaxMerstappen · 09/12/2025 09:15

We always get plenty of people moaning on here whenever we're lucky enough to get some warm weather and a few days of sunshine in summer, so how about one for the utterly crap weather we have now?

Last weekend was dismal, it felt like it didn't get light all weekend - just constant rain/drizzle and grey skies. Today open the curtains to yet more of the same, Storm Bram this time. Feels like it's been weeks since I've had any sun on my face and my SAD is back with vengeance. It feels like we're just living through near-perpetual darkness at the moment, all the fields and woodland walks have been turned into a sludgey hell and I'm already mentally counting down to the brighter, fresher, happier days of spring. Please tell me I'm not the only one?

And before anyone pipes up with that they actually enjoy this weather and how great it is for getting 'cosy' etc, surely you can't be serious?!

YABU - I love this type of weather
YANBU - I just want to hibernate till spring time

I mean... It's winter. I don't want to be mean but does it come as a surprise to you every year?

QwestSprout · 09/12/2025 13:37

I don't know if 'enjoy' would be the right word but the bizarre mildness (West coast of Scotland) has so far meant we've used 100kWh less of gas compared to the same period last year...so that's good.

In fairness where I live 'dreich and grey' covers a large percentage of the year's days.

Hometimeithink · 09/12/2025 13:33

I am in Australia and am flying home on Thursday. Have absolutely loved it here but am ready now for snuggling up and embracing Blighty. Am not going to lie that the sunshine has been glorious!
Christmas decs out here just look so out of place.

WalkDontWalk · 09/12/2025 13:30

I actually enjoy this weather. It is great for getting 'cosy' etc. I am serious.

But then I don't have to leave the house if I don't want to. So I'm not so much enjoying the weather as enjoying defying it.

Nothungrycat · 09/12/2025 13:30

I'm in Somerset. Happy to live on a hill, so there's no risk of flooding, but the bloody wind and the sideways-blowing rain are really getting to me. And everything outside is a bit damp and slimy, even when it's not raining. Once the gales die down I'm going to put up some outside fairy lights just to cheer myself up.

BerthaFlapjack · 09/12/2025 13:27

I find it really helps not to take the weather personally. It is partly caused by climate change but winters are frequently wet and grey.

I'm afraid I'm one of the "It's not the wrong weather, it's the wrong clothing" sort of people, which won't be much use here.

I have a friend who grew up in Shetland, now living in the south of England who loves that we get actual daylight in the winter here. Shetland gets near constant darkness for several weeks.

Letmehaveabloodyusernameplease · 09/12/2025 13:26

Agree. I was looking forward to December in the hope of nice crisp, sunny days but no such luck!

Dutchhouse14 · 09/12/2025 13:24

Its the greyness and lack of sunshine that gets me.
I dont mind cold weather and some days of rain or snow but its the constant cover of grey cloud that gets to me.
Sunshine makes almost everything better- a bright cold winters day is wonderful.
I also love the hot sunny wrather so never complain about a glorious summer!

Nutmuncher · 09/12/2025 13:20

Bagsintheboot · 09/12/2025 09:23

It is winter and it is the UK. It is going to be dark and dull and rainy.

You may as well complain that grass is green.

We are actually very lucky in the UK in our weather. We don't risk losing our houses in tornadoes, or suffer the extreme hurricanes like the one that hit Jamaica not so long ago, or have floods that kill hundreds like in the Philippines, or experience winters with weeks of extreme cold and feet of snow lying for months...

I will take "a bit rubbish" over "actively dangerous" any day of the week.

Agreed. I’d rather a few dull damp months than hunkering down for hurricanes or monsoons.

PandoraSocks · 09/12/2025 13:20

Yanbu. I want some cold crisp days!

TheTaupeScroller · 09/12/2025 13:19

I hate it. I don't specially like getting wet, and the pile and pile of dirty laundry are insane.

I know it's a controversial subject on MN, but rain = mud = filthy clothes/ sports kits and wet shoes. I think the best so far is having to wash 4 different set of clothes for 1 child for 1 day! School uniform, PE kit, football kit and evening scouts.

I am tempted to get a second washing machine, and have one run for normal laundry, and one for the extra "rainy day" laundry to save some time 😂

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