To think that July/August feel more like early Autumn now?

[EwanTheMelatoninSheep]

I'm not a summer hater, so I say this with no joy, and it might just be where I am (up north, coastal) but does anyone else feel like this?

The last few years it seems to have gone from Spring (warm and fresh) straight to early Autumn (mild temps around 15,cloudy, cool breezes and rain,all the flowers going over very quickly thanks to rain and wind, evenings feeling darker due to clouds)

In May we had the paddling pool out, it was roasting, and had that "on the brink of summer" feeling, then the rain came in and that was it

I've always lived up north and the weather has always been changeable, but I can't remember the last time I had a long, hot, dusty August dog day.

DH says it's like we have monsoon seasons now instead - lots of dry hot weather in spring, then the muggy deluge

Yes I totally agree. In fact my family live elsewhere and they follow the Celtic calendar (I think it’s called the Celtic calendar!)

August, Sept, October - Autumn
November, December, Jan - Winter
Feb, March, April- Spring
May, June, July - Summer

Makes more sense where I live too ( complete opposite to you )

I can’t find any proof of a Celtic calendar so I think I’ve muddled it up with something else

I found it!! Gaelic calendar in Ireland

Sorry I’ve spammed your thread

Yanbu. I live in the South East but still feel that summer is essentially over by August. The appalling August weather is the reason I'm so reluctant to holiday in this country.

Yes, agree. The last few years the hottest and driest weather has been in May/June.

It's true. We now seem to get boiling hot April/May but by the time the summer holidays start it's grey and rainy and muggy! But then sometimes it gets boiling hot in Sept & Oct again.We went to Peppa Pig world at Halloween a few years ago and it was unbearably hot! The season's are all jumbled up.I'm sure when I was a child the seasons were much more uniform. I remember it always being freezing on bonfire night for example but now you can go right through to Christmas sometimes without having worn a scarf or gloves. Summers were also long hot and dry day after day.... (I'm in the South btw)

2coffeesinbed I was initially confused because I was thinking 'that's not a thing, that's the calender' but I'm in Ireland 😂 what way do people there do it??

We've said this the last few years, the weather is great in April and May, then by July it's all over. Sometimes there is a last hurrah in early September, when the kids go back to school, but it's not something I'd predict on to book a holiday.

We went away early March this year just before lockdown and the weather was amazing - sunny days, warm enough to just wear a light jacket walking on the beach with the dogs.

This is all making me very worried for our camping holiday in August! It will piss down won't it

I agree, well July still feels like summer but by August you can definitely feel and see the changes and Autumn approaching.

I always feel sad at summer solstice, it's sad to think the nights are drawing in from that point onwards.

@2coffeesinbed - that's the calendar I follow.

It's always much nicer in Ireland in May than later in the summer.

I can’t find any proof of a Celtic calendar so I think I’ve muddled it up with something else

Proof is in the names of the months. August is Lughnasa (or (Lúnasa), named after a god. September is Meán Fómhair, which means Mid-Autumn and October is Deireadh Fómhair, which means End of Autumn

I completely agree with this too - it’s 12 degrees and drizzling here today, and we’re not even that far north

For the last few years we’ve consistently had the best weather in April and May, I’ve thought. You can never rely on the weather in the UK anyway, but July and August have had really grim, dull and cool weather for the last few years now.

And yes, I also agree with PP - September is usually a better month than July or August!

I was just thinking this too.

Waiting 42021 Agree! We live on South Coast and was 15 the other day! Im born in September and its my favourite time of year .Usually warm and sunny !

What a load of bollocks

Agree, Augusts as a child were much nicer weather wise than they are now, they were proper summer.

Why do you think it's bollocks, hingeandbracket?

The Irish calendar does make more sense. November is definitely winter, and there are crocuses in Feb so it can't be!

This would have been the second week of Wimbledon had it taken place. So you know weather would be poor.

Warm Augusts are possible, as are sunny Septembers just after school resumes. It was only a few years ago that early October saw 25C.

My family have a lot of the weather for the previous 30 years. (It isn’t as weird as it sounds. It was needed for our livelihoods!) and I’m getting my parents to dig out the old logs. I’m convinced the weather has changed.

This site has a graph showing sunshine average per day. It's an at-a-glance check. Doesn't make any distinction between John o'Groats and Land's End, though, and Cambridge might be entirely different from Bristol day to day.

www.statista.com/statistics/322602/monthly-average-daily-sun-hours-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/

per day? per month!

Its miserable. I hate it and its bringing me down. I'm not British and I normally spend the summer in my home country which is hot in the summer. Now because of fucking Corona I'm stuck in freezing wet windy Wales desperately checking the weather report every day for any hint of sun. I equate summer with heat. I've lived here for 18 years and still can't get my head around wearing wool and waterproofs in July

Irish calendar definitely makes much more sense where I am in England too.

Here, we follow, and teach in schools:

Winter - Dec, Jan, Feb
Spring - march, April, may
Summer - June, July, aug
Autumn - sept, Oct, Nov

Definitely think June/July has become rainy season in the U.K., always seems to perk up again August/September.
I wouldn’t plan a wedding for July