As someone from the US I think the uk has the perfect mix of all different kinds of weather

[Bsaunders4231]

im not sure if it’s just me but I recently visited the uk and I was amazed at how the weather is just a mix of everything. It actually made me think that England is one of the best climates to live in, it obviously rains a lot and is cold but at the same time it’s very sunny a lot of the time and quite humid in my opinion. To me it’s not too hot or too cold it was just the right amount of everything. Does anyone else who lives/visited there think this too or am I insane???

I get so sick of the weather but it’s actually incredibly liveable and we have very few problems at all.

Your insane lol! However if you live in such a hot climate as Texas, our rain, drizzle, mizzle (a mix of mist and rain), clouds, cold and occasional sunshine, probably does feel 'interesting'

I’m not surprised you think that, living in Texas. I like the variety we have in Connecticut. I could do without the frigid winters—or at least a shorter duration would be nice—but 80-90 guaranteed June-September is glorious. It’s probably one of the key reasons I could not move back to the UK. Too much rain where I grew up (NW England).

Im all for seasons

i just don’t want them all on the same sodding day

ive a poncho on at the moment!

Oxfordshire to Cumbria isn't all that far though - you've not even left the constituent country of the UK you started in. If you'd compared the temperature and snowfall to Braemar, I'm sure it'd have looked rather different. Glasgow gets more than double the number of rain days as some towns in East Anglia, equivalent to 3 solid months' extra rain.

You are right in one way - we don't have extremes of weather here, which is probably what you like about it.

Apparently it is called 'temperate maritime'. I think that means mild and damp.

The UK has a lot of weather and people there like to talk about it a lot. Texas sounds hideous weather wise, but surely there must be some more varied climates elsewhere in the US? I think it rains too much in the UK in the west. You're ok in the east, if I were ever to move back I would go east.

This American thinks UK weather is just fab. I get really unhappy with any temps above, say, 23. I come from the Midwest where winters are very cold and snowy, and summers can be miserably humid and oppressive. The UK (at least the bit I live in---East Anglia) is mild most of the time. I might think differently if I lived in N Wales or Scotland.

The weather where I am in the US (western NC in the mountains) is on the whole a nicer climate than the UK where I'm from. Apart from July and August, which are too hot, it's very temperate, we have lovely autumn colors, beautiful springs, and often some decent snow in winter that doesn't go on for too long.

10 months of the year grey and cloudy? That’s just not true though is it. Certainly not in the south east of England anyway.

I agree OP, I love our weather. When I have had visitors from abroad they are often surprised as it’s made out to be much much worse than it actually is!

Weather is slightly different from climate. The British Isles has one climate zone. The USA has nine - ten if you include Hawaii.

@Bsaunders4231
I am also from Texas.
I am originally from far west Texas where the air is very dry and very hot. However, we do have seasons other than "roasting" but they are short-lived. I do recall there being beautiful dry, crisp mornings and cool evenings in fall/autumn and spring and winter does get snow and cold. I am going to be that boring person who says that dry heat is much better than humid heat. Honestly, it is far more preferable to me.
I currently live in the Gulf Coast of Texas.
It's so muggy, all of the freaking time. I am having a hard time with it.
It's not like it's new to me. I lived here from 1990-95 and again, from 2008 to the present. It shouldn't come as a shock to me but my God, I truly hate the weather. If you ask Houston-area natives if it's more hot and humid now, they will tell you that it has become progressively worse year on year.
I'm not even going to mention the flooding, the hurricanes, the tornadoes...
I lived in England from 1995-2004.
It was a welcome change to what I was used to and it was pleasant until it wasn't.
I discovered that I have "SAD" or "seasonal affective disorder" within the first three months of moving to Reading. I moved there to marry my fiancé and I should have been happy but I was just so flat. Thankfully, a lightbox fixed that.
It did get better until we moved to Greater Manchester. Oh dear. The box had to come back out. I don't mind rain but the early darkness in winter was too much for me. Plus, the fact that the skies can be quite overcast just put me into a bit of depression. What was a little weird to me was that I always help a birthday cook-out and my birthday is late July. I could not guarantee a sunny or rain-free day. I did it anyways but out of all the years, I only had two dry events!
I visited last a few years ago over the summer and it was welcome to cooler weather but the days were so misty and damp and again, I picked a bad week because the skies were overcast and I just felt so gloomy.
England and all of the UK is the most beautiful place to be when the sun is shining and I convince myself that it is the only place I want to live until it gets overcast. Oh well.

Agree OP. I love that winters don’t get too cold (rarely see snow where I am in the south east), and I love our long summer nights. Spring though is my absolute favourite season. I couldn’t live somewhere without it!

I live in a place in the US where it's said there are two seasons - Winter and Road Construction.

Road construction is currently under way.

We're still eating our way through the stockpile I bought to get through the next Polar Vortex. I don't want to end up throwing out food that's past its best by date. I'll stockpile again next October and November.

Sometimes as I don my three layers, my wool socks and heavy-duty lined gloves to head out to the supermarket in January, and especially when I turn on the AC, I dream of year round overcast and soft Irish days.

I am going to be that boring person who says that dry heat is much better than humid heat.

Not boring at all - dry heat is very much better than humid heat.

I'm currently really struggling with my mental health and I think it's because of the weather. The worst part about living here is its unpredictability. I spend all winter waiting for summer (I love the sun) and then am never sure if it will come.
At least in other places you are guaranteed warm weather.

Last summer was pretty decent where I live (by the north's standards). This year it's been so crap and I just can't handle it. I am always checking the weather forecast and feeling really down - just when they forecast something I can deal with (18 degrees, it's all I ask!) they change it to cold again.

Yesterday was 12 degrees and raining. I got soaked walking home from work. All I want is to sit in the garden in a vest and shorts in some sunshine.

I would actually prefer really awful winters if I knew that the summers would be good. Instead we just get this half way house of year round greyness.

I prefer our weather definitely. In other countries, it's either too hot in summer, or there's risk of tornados, hurricanes, exceptionally bad snow storms etc. We don't have any of that, no volcanoes either. Worst you'll get here is your summer ruined by rain.

It’s too cold, grey and windy here for most of the year (in the south east). Our weather isn’t extreme but you can never really plan anything outdoors because you don’t know what the weather will be like until that day. I love the heat so more hotter days would be better for me!

I completely agree with you :) We always complain about our weather, but actually, when talking to people from other countries, I'm actually glad we almost never get extremes of hot or cold, but we do get pleasantly warm and sunny in spring and summer, and pleasantly cosy weather in autumn and winter.

Yes I like our seasons. I enjoy the change throughout the year, and I’m not a fan of extreme temperatures especially extreme heat, so it’s perfect for me.

I think the weather in SE England is perfect. Lived there 15 years and loved the warm summers and mild winters- and the sunny days. I've lived in Spain and New York and didn't like the climate. I now live in Ireland and wish we had more sun ☀️

YANBU.
British people are wont to complain about the weather, but it's generally mild and temperate compared to many other places. There are very few days I can't do a 2 hour walk. Whereas when I lived in Pennsylvania for a couple of years we'd literally go to the mall to walk for much of the winter (too cold - quite often below zero Fahrenheit) or summer (too hot and humid, we couldn't have managed without air conditioning). Rain could be torrential in a way we almost never see here (and I live in the northwest!), hailstones could be massive, the roof of the international terminal at the airport was ripped off in a tornado....

Whereas here - so long as you know what layers to take and have appropriate goretex, it's ok.

I live in quite a dry, coastal part of the UK and we really do have lovely springs and summers, very cold winters but I'm actually happy with that. It's never too hot or too cold, just normal?!

With the exception of this spring, it's been very wet and windy. Hopefully now it's June it'll start to improve

I think the main thing is the unpredictability. We can't say oh let's have a BBQ on Sunday because even though the forecast is good, it can change so suddenly.

I like our seasons, and I love the long nights in summer which comes with our latitude

If I could opt for anything I’d bump the degrees up by a couple and lower the grey