There is no summer is there this year ?

[Summersunshineplease]

It's not just rain it's so windy every day

Why are the winds so high every day in July and into August?

Sorry - meant June and September, so usually missing the school holidays as seems to start just after the spring bank holiday and finish before school holidays. Starting again once we've gone back in September.

I ate some really large blackberries straight from the bush this morning….. bit early in July. it rained on St Swithins day so it rains at some point every day for 40 days. Folklore you may say but it’s true! Back to some sunny days mid August to look forward to

It hasn't been in Sheffield.
And it's also rained at least part of the day for weeks, it seems.

And 18c isn't warm enough to sit outside in summer clothes with a drink, by evening it's even colder and I'd need more than a jumper and blanket - let alone it to actually stop raining for a bit!

I'm quite happy really it's comfortable and the suns been out today sat in garden

Where I am we had five weeks with zero rain and non stop very warm sunny weather during the end of May and the whole of June. We got through lots of suncream. I commented to friends at the time that I suspected it was our summer, as the same has happened in previous years (not last year). And that’s the case so far - July has been a washout. I’m enjoying the cooler temperatures as I’d rather it be pleasant than too hot but all the rain is making the summer holidays slightly miserable! We’re still getting out but it’s not the same.

It's such a pain with dog-walking as well. I'm used to putting on wellies and waterproofs and getting rained on in autumn and winter, and having to come back and hose the dogs down and them towel them dry. You don't normally have to do that all through summer too.

Its my fault I confess, I bought a lovely new rattan sofa set for the garden with dreams of summer evenings with a G&T after kids gone to bed. Done that precisely twice, when Glastonbury was on. Waste of money

“At least 18” 18??? That’s jumper weather! I want to sit outside on a balmy evening, having a BBQ, watching the kids play in the garden late, not be in 18 miserly degrees. That’s April weather, not summer. I demand 24-26 degrees.
grumble.

My virginia creeper is sporting a red leaf. So depressing.

I have doors open and fans on at night. Not even on late night walks have I needed more than a light summer dress.

This weather must cripple the hospitality industry, normally in summer we would go out for lunch, cream teas, visit local attractions, instead we are sat inside today spending no money into the local economy.

I noticed some brown things in my soggy lawn earlier. On closer investigation, they turned out to be mushrooms! A few more weeks of rain and I'll probably have a pond.

I’ve had to have the heating on at night. It was 9 degrees last week.

I’m in Sheffield.

Cokd, grey and rainy.

FFS its not the heat its the HUMIDITY. if anyone wants heat you can always swop with me in my overheated top floor social housing flat where the HA has pumped so much crap in the outside walls its turned it into a sweatbox.

Try saying its not summer after living in this.

Yeah I remember that day. People were on saying it was cold up midlands/Manchester way. I was in the East of England and my thermostat was reading 22.

In Scotland?! Love to know where. I am just north of Edinburgh - friends said rain every day we were away abroad in July and we've been back one week and tonight is first time I've seen sun !

@LadyVictoriaSponge I agree and it's the sort of places that I'm spending money which is depressing too. Usually we'd be out in local businesses, ice cream shops, pubs etc. This holiday we've been to the big cinema twice, a chain restaurant near the big cinema, just had to buy some new bloody PlayStation games and DCs are bored and we can't get out without getting drenched. Managed to get out yesterday but it was so windy that our picnic blew away and everyone said they were cold. Yes we can do things in this weather but it's just not as pleasant plus we have NINE MORE MONTHS OF THIS until next spring.

My BMI is well above average and I love the hot weather.

I don’t expect particularly glorious summers, but these grey days are depressing and all the rain.

I was on holiday in the Canaries in June so missed the Manchester summer. Over there it was forecast wet, windy and stormy and the worst June on record. It was actually ok in the end but we brought the rain back with us and it’s pissed it down most days since then

@Pootle40 it's really not that hard to look at historical weather conditions. It has not been raining non stop in Glasgow every day in July. In fact most afternoons have been sunny.

www.timeanddate.com/weather/uk/glasgow/historic

Don't say this we are doing the garden next year ......it will be our fault in 2024!

Rumours of summer's death have been greatly exaggerated.

I mean, we've still got the whole of August and arguably September. I'd be surprised if we don't get another decent spell.

But if you want the whole of summer to be sunshine and pleasant 20-30 C temperatures, you're in the wrong country, and the wrong century.

June wasn't beautiful for the whole country, but we did have a few lovely days—hardly a summer. We have not had one dry day since the end of June, the wind and rain have been horrendous. As soon as we were placed on a hosepipe ban, the rain came and hasn't left. Every day is gloomy. On occasion, we get perhaps an hour, but that's been it. It's depressing. 😭 Tonight it's forecast around 6-8 degrees... in summer!

Anyone who just watched the Countryfile forecast will have seen the forecast is more rain, wind and low temperatures this week, with another low pressure next weekend.

What joy