To think this country has the best weather?

[NoHolidaysforyou]

I honestly feel like the UK has the best weather. Not too cold, not too hot and almost always manageable. I am baffled by people who complain. I used to live in California and the heat waves could be intense, with very expensive air conditioning bills and I don't miss the burning sensation you could get when you touched a black steering wheel or sat on hot leather of a car that was parked outside. I have also spent time in Lapland and lived in Minnesota, so I know what it's like to step outside in to a cold that is painful.

AIBU to think there is no reason to complain about the weather here? I love it!

If people like four distinct seasons, the UK is definitely not the place to live.

I agree. I love our, on the whole, mild weather and our different seasons,but do wish sometimes that our winters weren't quite so long,dreary and grey. I love a summer shower though and that lovely smell that comes with it

Climate change is already occurring and we will have more extreme temperatures, storms, flods etc, - I will miss the familiar climate and seasons.

Interesting that so many people comment negatively about the dull, grey weather, how depressing it is etc, etc, yet everyone and their granny slaps grey all over the inside of their houses.

We don't really get 4 seasons though. Just variations of mild winter or mild summer. If you have to holiday in the UK, you can't predict the weather so have to overpack. Being an island off the west of the Atlantic means it's far too cloudy most of the time.

I'm a winter lover but I still rarely need to light a fire in the winter.

If you have to holiday in the UK, you can't predict the weather so have to overpack

You can say that about a lot of places though unless you are going somewhere where it's guaranteed wall to wall sunshine. Even if you are off to somewhere sunny like Florida you need to take waterproof clothes or be prepared to stay inside for a time each afternoon.

No it's shit. Last year was wonderful, proper snow and a proper summer. Most of the time winter is grey and dull, summer is too unpredictable, when the sun comes out we all go insane and run out to make the most of it as we know it may only be there for a day or so. That's why last summer was so special, that knowing it was going to be lush for a few weeks so not having to pack everything into one weekend. But it was an unusual summer for us!

The UK is a miserably dull place in the context of weather, there's a reason we obsess about it as a nation.

@floraloctopus hardly, if going to Florida in the summer you welcome the break of rain and dry quickly, I've never packed waterproofs for Florida!!!

Having been caught outdoors in a storm in Florida (in the morning) I disagree, a waterproof jacket is needed.

@floraloctopus as have I and you know how quickly it passes, do you honestly carry around waterproofs in the Floridian summer?! And after the storm has passed you know there'll be sun soon after, either that day or the following, hardly the same that can be said of the UK.

I'm not overly keen. I like the early spring and the sunny days in the summer but from September until about April it's quite meh. It is a personal preference though and I would love to live somewhere with four seasons and cold winters. I am pleased that we don't get those super high temperatures though because I'm not sure I could cope with those!

I love the weather in England. One of the reasons I emigrated here.

Ha! We were in Florida in October.... hurricane whoever it was.... definitely needed more than a waterproof!

You can say that about a lot of places though.

Not really. If you go further south than mid-France, you basically just pack for how weather. One jacket/hoodie whatever is probably enough "just in case" - and for coming back to the UK.

*hot not how.

It's now around 40 where I am - summer is nearly here (we get to 45-50 for a few months) and I'm taking a while to adjust to the humidity after a lovely long winter at 20-30.
I love coming back to UK in the summer - the depth of greeeeeen is just beautiful. I am less happy after a few weeks under neverending cloud. I can't cope with the poor light levels and am much happier in a place which is pretty much guaranteed clear and sunny every day, even if that does mean frying for 6 months a year.

DH and I wanted a summer wedding with some sunshine, so we got married in late July. It was cold, grey and chilly and fucking threw it down so everyone got to the reception sopping wet. I do not love our weather.

I agree.
I used to moan about UK weather, I used to hate the rain but after almost a year or living abroad I can honestly say I will never complain again. We've had 6-7 months of freezing temperatures and dry dry air. I never realised how important rain was - lack of it has affected everything, even the snow was dry, kids couldn't build decent snowmen! (It looked beautiful though...)

I bet a lot of posters are in the SE. I was struck by how different the weather was when we lived there, cold winters but much drier and more reliable summers.

I've also lived in North Devon, where it can rain literally every day for months on end.

And Somerset, drizzle, drizzle, drizzle.

Cambridge - wind 365 days a year, bitter and Siberian in the winter.

You people don't know you're born! 

That was meant to be light hearted, before I get flamed. Smiley face fail!

I’m in the SE and I feel lucky as often have the best of weather most of the time but not as much flooding.

I feel bad for those who get flooding though that’s not good

Right now I am SE sitting in my garden it’s hot and sunny

Cambridge is not that far from me and it’s lovely in summer

My UK spring evening

I’ve been out of the UK for 14 years now. There are many things the French do worse than the Brits, but I don’t miss the UK weather, except during heatwaves.

I’d prefer it if there were even a couple of months in the year when it was reasonably likely to stay warm and dry. It’s incredibly frustrating the way you can never plan to do anything outdoors- picnics, bbqs- more than a day or two in advance.

However, regardless of what the actual weather does, I’d like to round up and execute the kind of people who, as soon as there have been a couple of nice days in early spring followed by some rain, start telling everyone with great satisfaction that “that’s our summer finished now”. I hate these people. Why do they get such a kick out of crushing all hope and optimism?