Middle of May still in winter clothing

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Are we heading for a record cold May. Dh is lighting the log burner again,

Omg, its the best weather! The joy i feel as September comes around! 😌

Cold weather is lovely, why do you think so many love autumn and winter, live in cold places?

We’re sitting on our outdoor sofas but wearing padded coats and under blankets.

I also will never understand the cold weather worship. Urgh. That bitter cold wind over the last few days. Sod off! There are literally about 3 days in December that are clear and cold and beautiful the rest of the time it’s cold grey miz.

It’s 10C at the moment (3pm) and would’ve been cooler this morning. I live in Greater Manchester and I was in a T-shirt, light jumper and summer raincoat this morning and wasn’t cold. Has it been colder in Oxford?

I put bedding plants in in late May.
There’s still a risk of frost.

Newcastle, 27th may 1961. My parents wedding! It was snowing

Thursday I got my "big coat" out again in Edinburgh. It was freezing. Today I'm too warm in the sun.

Currently wearing top, sweatshirt and body warmer. Central heating is still on .....🥶🥶

I like cool weather but when it’s crisp and sunny and we don’t actually get that much of it in Somerset - if it’s cold tends far more to be grey and windy and drizzly . Hence why these days I prefer summer- we got far more if the cool and crisp and sunny when we lived in Copenhagen

Just had the gas boiler serviced yesterday and it needs a new seal so I can’t turn it on until it’s fixed next Wednesday. Dd2 wanted to turn it on this morning and she’s never cold. May light the fire this evening! My mum is 83 and she says she can’t remember a May as cold!

We’ve had heavy wind all week and midweek, torrential rain and hail.

Log burner is on
I'm wearing wool socks
And a jumperrrrr
When will it get warm

English trad. Song in the month of May

The sky went blue for a while.
Now back to grey.
That’s why I couldn’t understand the trend for grey interiors. We have grey outside a lot of the time why bring it inside too. 😀

It’s ok here because garden is south facing so my kitchen/ dining / family is comfortable.
But I am still using my winter duvet and putting a warm coat on to take dog his evening tootle

I’ve just gone upstairs to put on a long sleeve t-shirt and a jumper - I’m bloody freezing!

It is unseasonably cold, and has been for some time now. For me, the cold wind is the worst, it just gets everywhere and is hard to shield from. I still have the heated blanket on the bed, and honestly would freeze these days without it.

However, I reckon June to September will be magnificent. You heard it here first. Gotta keep the optimism going!

Yep, bloody chilly here today too but I refuse to put the heating on.

I do remember last year sitting under blankets for a time in May after a nice April. I also remember putting foil on our south facing windows to try and reflect some of the insane heat just a month or so later.

Sat on a beach in Morayshire in June looking across the water to snow on the Blackisle.

I've lit the fire!

I've done Footner. My feet have finished peeling, and are soft and crust free. The sandals are down from the loft and waiting. I just need the weather to join in! 🤞☀️

It's flipping cold here on the Yorkshire coast! The wind is coming direct from the north, when it drops it's immediately warmer. I'm going for a walk at 5ish, then the heating comes on. The cat isn't thrilled either.

It’s 11o and drizzly in my bit of rural West Yorks. Autumnal.

That’s what my mum used to say! Thankfully warming up next week …

It's not the month that's referred to though, it's May blossom which is the hawthorn tree.