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Getting rage about this effing weather

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MagdelenaMorrison · 10/06/2026 17:16

I am so angry.
Typing this with yet another torrential rain downpour as we speak. Left my back door open when it was dry clear sky weather and went upstairs to put laundry away, came back down to a black sky, monsoon downpour and a flooded kitchen floor from the rain being blown into my kitchen by howling wind. This is the 4th torrential downpour of the day. All 4 monsoon like.
So far in the SE we have had 10 days straight of torrential rain and battering winds, except for a light reprieve on Sunday but even that was bloody freezing cold. Over the past week I've watched the ferocious hurricane like winds blast all my different roses in full bloom off of their stems, it's snapped all my foxgloves in half, snapped branches off my Budleia, snapped all the stems off of my Salvias, tore my 2 hanging baskets off my wall and landed them across my garden, ruined. I've had my wheelie bins blown from my driveway down the street on their sides, crashing into neighbours' cars. One of our big heavy roof tiles got ripped off by gale force winds on Saturday and landed on our drive and smashed to smithereens, thank God none of us were standing on the drive at the time. I can't hang any washing out cos it won't stop raining.
I put all our coats away during the brief mini heatwave in half term and now we're all wearing them again.
I hate, hate, hate this weather. 10 days of it in June!!!!! Summer!!!!
Just looked at the forecast for tomorrow and it's rain all day again.
I can't cope, it's making me really miserable. Our summers are already short enough as it is, without this.
We didn't even have a warm May (except for the 1 week of half term). 😤

OP posts:
the80sweregreat · 10/06/2026 20:28

We need water. People forget this. Farmers needed it back in April and may.

the80sweregreat · 10/06/2026 20:27

It’ll warm up op.
( Then I can go on the thread about how hot it is! )

Beachtastic · 10/06/2026 20:27

Twinkeltime · 10/06/2026 18:48

Ive always loved it even as a child i loved bad weather.
Storms fog frost rain thunder the lot all the weather mumsnet hates i love it.
Rougher the storms the better howling winds bliss.

I'm the same! and having lived in hot/arid countries, I will never take rain for granted again.

desperatemum1234 · 10/06/2026 20:25

I’ve got the heating on. Unfortunately my rage doesn’t keep me warm 😫

Lentilcakes · 10/06/2026 20:23

going to be really nice next week!
i wore a thick jacket today and i was boiling. As soon as the sun comes out it warns up by 5 degrees!

PauliesWalnuts · 10/06/2026 20:21

outdooryone · 10/06/2026 17:25

I'm 10 days into 16 days cycling in Ireland. Every single day has seen battering rain storms and huge winds. I've had hail. I've had cold enough to see my breath (4*c yesterday breakfast....). Cycle touring always has effort, low-points and tiredness, but this is off the scale.
Even the locals and pissed off and hoping for better. Apparently it's been as much rain this last 10 days as they get in a month...
I've decided to change course and head home early on the train...and that's my main holiday gone. :-(

Edited

Kudos and commiserations to you from a fellow cyclist. I was battered through a coast to coast several years back but at least that was only 5 days.

Additup · 10/06/2026 20:20

topcat2014 · 10/06/2026 17:18

If it makes you feel better we're on our summer holiday in Wales

Thoughts and prayers ❤️

the80sweregreat · 10/06/2026 20:20

Wimbledon was changed from June to July because it used to rain a lot and they didn’t have a roof on.
June can be unpredictable, what was strange was having such a dry April and May when you usually get the showers.

HailinMay · 10/06/2026 20:17

I agree with you OP. I’ve put a lot of effort into my garden over the last year and while everything is getting well watered I’m fed up with not being able to sit out and admire everything.

Hate to add to the misery but I always think if we’re not seeing settled warm spells by June then it isn’t going to happen at all.

the80sweregreat · 10/06/2026 20:15

Uk heat without any kind of air con or anyway of cooling off is awful.

Sidebeforeself · 10/06/2026 20:14

Waitingfordoggo · 10/06/2026 20:10

I wouldn’t say anyone has lectured. People are just pointing it out because it’s very relevant to what is being discussed! Is no-one supposed to mention it, even when it’s directly relevant to the discussion? Maybe this is how we got into such a mess in the first place- no one talking about it cause it’s such a buzz kill. I mean yeah, it is. And not talking about it isn’t going to make anything better.

Yes it is a buzz kill on a light hearted thread. There’s a difference between not talking about climate change at all and using any opportunity to point it out to people who may well already know.

Waitingfordoggo · 10/06/2026 20:10

Sidebeforeself · 10/06/2026 19:05

Can’t OP have a moan about the weather ( let’s face it a national pastime!) without a lecture on climate change?!

I wouldn’t say anyone has lectured. People are just pointing it out because it’s very relevant to what is being discussed! Is no-one supposed to mention it, even when it’s directly relevant to the discussion? Maybe this is how we got into such a mess in the first place- no one talking about it cause it’s such a buzz kill. I mean yeah, it is. And not talking about it isn’t going to make anything better.

Foundress · 10/06/2026 20:07

Tiddlywinks63 · 10/06/2026 18:29

I’m cold. The wood burner is lit, I’m wearing four long-sleeved layers, thick socks and wrapped in a blanket.
Even when the sun is out it’s a bitterly cold northerly wind, and the rain is monsoon like.
Flaming June my arse.

Edited

Well over fifty years ago my grandfather used to say ‘flaming June’ ‘flaming awful’. Nothing new about this sort of June weather in the UK. Sorry that’s no consolation @MagdelenaMorrisonThe wind is more damaging at this time of year because everything is in full leaf. It is upsetting to see a summer garden ruined.

Handeyethingyowl · 10/06/2026 20:07

I don’t mind rain. It’s not raining all the time just some of it! I am not on holiday though. At least I can sleep in this weather unlike the heatwave.

BIossomtoes · 10/06/2026 20:04

LaurieFairyCake · 10/06/2026 20:03

We’ve got 10 days of hideously hot weather 25-27 degrees starting Friday in London 😟

Too hot for the dogs, too hot for me.

Never too hot for me.

LaurieFairyCake · 10/06/2026 20:03

We’ve got 10 days of hideously hot weather 25-27 degrees starting Friday in London 😟

Too hot for the dogs, too hot for me.

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 10/06/2026 20:02

I really don’t care if it rains. I hated the heatwave we had at the end of May. That made me totally miserable. I loathe being hot!

mumofoneAloneandwell · 10/06/2026 19:57

Yabu, its fine.

the80sweregreat · 10/06/2026 19:50

I like it cooler. I can’t abide it too hot.
it is meant to cheer up this weekend, but hopefully not too hot ! I really can’t handle it.

PrincessOfPreschool · 10/06/2026 19:48

Twinkeltime · 10/06/2026 17:48

Sorry everyone but i love this sort of weather.

What do you love about it? (I too love it as a one - off but the novelty has worn off now). Do you love it however often it happens?

RobinEllacotStrike · 10/06/2026 19:43

What is the point of being so angry at things completely out of anyone’s control?

it’s weather. It is what it is. It’s not happening to you OP. You need to find some acceptance about it. It is what it is.

the wind fucks me off (I’m coastal SE) but I use it as a personal challenge to be accepting of it and modify my behaviour accordingly

Hapagirl48 · 10/06/2026 19:16

I’m loving the words you are using and I’m with you OP. Scotland here, I’m not from here, I married in and threatening to leave my DH because of the weather 😂. On the plus side, I’ve never appreciated a warm breeze like I do now, as rare as it is. My kids are Scottish bred though and start wailing about it being roasting every time it goes above 18 degrees. I despair.

ReflectingPool · 10/06/2026 19:12

No watering the garden- bliss

Closeted up with my 2 year old gc, we had to wait till it stopped raining to go out and water the garden. It's his new thing that he loves doing and he was desperate to get out there. I too was desperate to get him out there. Cabin Fever

Wednesdaysotherchild · 10/06/2026 19:09

hairbearbunches · 10/06/2026 17:55

Hate to be that person, but this is climate change and you'd better get used to it because it is only going to get worse. The rain is more intense, the heat is more intense. There is a famous quote by a climate scientist from decades ago - i can't remember his name - and he said 'we are messing with the triggers that cause climate change and the results are likely to be ferocious'.

Buckle up, people. And stay lucky.

This, basically. And the super El Nino might make it even worse soon as well…

Sidebeforeself · 10/06/2026 19:05

Can’t OP have a moan about the weather ( let’s face it a national pastime!) without a lecture on climate change?!