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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). 😤

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LaJacondeFumantLaPipe · 10/06/2026 18:01

Pps are correct - it is probably due to climate change, and is something we need to adapt and adjust to as there is no going back, which is obviously incredibly sad.

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.

thecuree · 10/06/2026 17:55

untamedheart · 10/06/2026 17:50

My heating keeps kicking back in
I don’t even want hot, just dry and about 17c would be pleasant!

I got up this morning and the heating was on and was like wtf it’s June !!

Waitingfordoggo · 10/06/2026 17:54

I know it’s annoying but

a) we live in the UK where changeable weather is very much the thing.

b) Changeable weather has become more frequent thanks to the climate emergency and it is likely to get more and more extreme.

We sort of have to accept that we’ve fucked the planet I’m afraid.

floatingwithmyhomies · 10/06/2026 17:53

I live on a boat, usually this time of year the cruises are lovely or if anything it’s too hot, now I’m cruising in thunderstorms, it’s shite.

MagdelenaMorrison · 10/06/2026 17:53

I can't actually cope with the battering damaging wind. It's been slamming car doors shut, slamming my windows shut, smashing garden plant pots, damaged my roof, torn all my garden fairy lights down, destroyed plants/flowers, it makes me feel like crying because it does something to my nervous system, makes me feel really unbalanced and out of sorts, it genuinely affects my mood.
Am I abnormal?!?
Weird thing is I can deal with it all in the winter.
But not in summer.

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TemperanceWest · 10/06/2026 17:53

It is very changeable where I am. It was sunny Monday and warmish so we walked to a local restaurant.

Big mistake. Got soaked on the way home.

Cherrytree86 · 10/06/2026 17:52

Twinkeltime · 10/06/2026 17:48

Sorry everyone but i love this sort of weather.

@Twinkeltime

BIossomtoes · 10/06/2026 17:52

Sidebeforeself · 10/06/2026 17:51

North Yorkshire here ..whats that song ..Four Seasons In One Day?!

I cannot make decisions about whether to do any washing, what to wear or whether to start the gardening jobs!

Box set it is then

At least you’re at home, I’ve brought all the wrong clothes!

frozendaisy · 10/06/2026 17:52

It’s a wet dream for the English past time of complaining about the weather though

Sidebeforeself · 10/06/2026 17:51

North Yorkshire here ..whats that song ..Four Seasons In One Day?!

I cannot make decisions about whether to do any washing, what to wear or whether to start the gardening jobs!

Box set it is then

LaJacondeFumantLaPipe · 10/06/2026 17:50

I am in the SE England and it's been pretty nice this afternoon. I think the weekend is meant to be really nice too. 24° and sunshine (allegedly).

We have had rain lately but it hasn't been torrential for 10 days straight here. Sorry to read that is the case with you.

untamedheart · 10/06/2026 17:50

My heating keeps kicking back in
I don’t even want hot, just dry and about 17c would be pleasant!

frozendaisy · 10/06/2026 17:48

topcat2014 · 10/06/2026 17:18

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

I shouldn’t laugh

Twinkeltime · 10/06/2026 17:48

Sorry everyone but i love this sort of weather.

Nourishinghandcream · 10/06/2026 17:46

Mid-central south, we keep getting threats of rain and indeed the clouds float across the sky but meaningful, lasting rain....... we are not having a huge amount.☹️
Hasn't been cold, patio doors are open most of the time to let Ddogs run in & out and neither of us have even mentioned the heating.
Garden, countryside & wildlife were begging for some rain after one of the dryest Springs on record (just like last year) and the early heatwave was just horrible. Walking Ddogs earlier today and there are still huge long cracks in the soil caused by the lack of water, have to be careful that Ddogs don't get a paw caught.

Promised a good downpour tomorrow.☔🤞

RaraRachael · 10/06/2026 17:43

It's nice in NE Scotland 😄

thecuree · 10/06/2026 17:42

Larrythecatforpm · 10/06/2026 17:21

If it makes you feel better the weather starts picking back up on Sunday.

For a few days then it’s unsettled again

FeliciaFancybottom · 10/06/2026 17:42

I don't think that level of anger over the weather is normal or healthy tbh, to coin a much hated phrase, it is what it is.

MagdelenaMorrison · 10/06/2026 17:40

I'm so angry. I'm incandescent.
I've just been up to the loft and it's leaking now with the insane monsoon rain going on as we speak, leaking through the roof from where the gales ripped the tile off the roof on Saturday.
For fucks sake. It's fucking JUNE.
I'm in my winter thick chunky jumper, trousers and socks.
Oh yeah someone mentioned hail - I forgot about that, yes, 2 big hail storms last week! I couldn't believe my eyes!

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BIossomtoes · 10/06/2026 17:40

topcat2014 · 10/06/2026 17:18

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

Same. Only Yorkshire Dales, the weather is forecast to improve just as we go home.

Totallyfrazzledmum · 10/06/2026 17:39

Agree awful - laundry ruined 2 days in a row. Heating is on and can’t go to the park- basically like January although a couple of hours bright sky. Makes me feel ill, this is more early spring weather so feels shocking.

Bubblewrapart · 10/06/2026 17:39

Maybe this will help....

Getting rage about this effing weather
BillyBalls · 10/06/2026 17:38

Yes it’s absolute shite. But, I feel like we’ve had pretty decent April-Septembers for a good few years now. So apparently we’re overdue for non stop crap weather

socks1107 · 10/06/2026 17:38

Winter duvet is back on here! But the improvement forecasted from weekend I think has been downgraded from what I’m reading.
forecasting a lovely 23 degrees in the Kent London boarder at the moment. That’s absolutely perfect so hope it happens!

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