Getting rage about this effing weather

[MagdelenaMorrison]

I am so angry.
Typing this with yet another torrential rain downpour as we speak. Left my back door open when it was dry clear sky weather and went upstairs to put laundry away, came back down to a black sky, monsoon downpour and a flooded kitchen floor from the rain being blown into my kitchen by howling wind. This is the 4th torrential downpour of the day. All 4 monsoon like.
So far in the SE we have had 10 days straight of torrential rain and battering winds, except for a light reprieve on Sunday but even that was bloody freezing cold. Over the past week I've watched the ferocious hurricane like winds blast all my different roses in full bloom off of their stems, it's snapped all my foxgloves in half, snapped branches off my Budleia, snapped all the stems off of my Salvias, tore my 2 hanging baskets off my wall and landed them across my garden, ruined. I've had my wheelie bins blown from my driveway down the street on their sides, crashing into neighbours' cars. One of our big heavy roof tiles got ripped off by gale force winds on Saturday and landed on our drive and smashed to smithereens, thank God none of us were standing on the drive at the time. I can't hang any washing out cos it won't stop raining.
I put all our coats away during the brief mini heatwave in half term and now we're all wearing them again.
I hate, hate, hate this weather. 10 days of it in June!!!!! Summer!!!!
Just looked at the forecast for tomorrow and it's rain all day again.
I can't cope, it's making me really miserable. Our summers are already short enough as it is, without this.
We didn't even have a warm May (except for the 1 week of half term). 😤

It's not that unusual for June. July is usually hotter and drier and more rain in August then some more nice weather into September.

it's all to do with whether the the jet stream goes north or south. We live on a rock off the North Atlantic. We are further north than every major Canadian city (except Edmonton). It could be. a lot worse for us given our location.

I was at the tennis today. The forecast looked like it was going to be pouring all day but actually play only stopped for a couple of hours - once at lunch and once early evening - and they managed to get through all the matches scheduled.

North West England. We had rain forecast every day this week (and last) and apart from today nothing but a few light showers. I've held off washing because of the forecast.

It is very much needed though, we had such a dry spring, and very hot weather in may for a week. It's felt cooler but certainly not having the heating on, we still have lots of windows open (I'm always the coldest person in the room and we never turn the heating 'off' either it's just set by the thermostat).

It’s not unusual for Ireland though. In fact it’s expected. The dry days are unexpected.

I’ve actually experienced all 4 seasons within a 4 hour drive in the summer in Ireland. It’s definitely a memorable experience!

I agree - I'm a Scottish resident and been to Ireland more than a few times.
But this has been exceptional, even by Irish standards. The locals are moaning about it, and that says a lot.
All of this is due to a low sitting out by Iceland that usually would have moved. I think it's too do with this ElNino summer/winter system that's predicted - huge energy (warmth) out in Pacific and Atlantic.

I prefer thundery June rain to relentless November rain. The garden is much happier now we’ve had some decent rain and it is going to get hot again next week. It is fairly typical for the time of year, it’s usually July that is hot and Sunny.

The climate emergency is terrifying and the rate of change is accelerating. Unusual weather patterns are part of it. We now seem to get a European monsoon in June and excessive heat in July. Summers used to be around 23 degrees, now they can be in the 30s.
We all need to do whatever we can to reduce our carbon emissions.

Me too

That’s how social media works - people talk about lots of things in and around the topic. It’s how discussions work.

The wind blew down a big tree in our garden last week 😢

Agree but people cant cope with the reality understandably, its overwhelming

I know we can't control the weather, but I totally agree with you @MagdelenaMorrison.

I'm sat here wearing two hoodies, a blanket that you can wear and I'm still cold. We have no GCH and although we have one bag of coal left, we haven't prepared any kindling and are completely out of wood.

I'm in West Yorkshire, and we haven't had it as bad as you from what you describe. We've had intermittent sunshine but I'm just fed up of the wet. It doesn't help that we live semi-rural now and the tracks to our house, and our driveway are just muddy bogs.

I think I'm struggling more with it this year because we have so much external work to do.

Try working outside in it!

I was standing on a concrete pump yesterday in my jumper and hardhat when it started absolutely pissing it down. Couldn't run and grab my raincoat for 20 mins by which time I was soaked to the skin. Squelchy wet boots for the rest of the day etc. Had to go home and shower before the gym as smelt like a wet dog.

my water butt was empty recently so on the plus side it is refilling.
i only have a couple of dresses for work and at this rate i dont need more!

To be fair rain is expected in Wales.

There are going to be increasing numbers of threads about unexpected extreme weather going forward, because unexpected is almost where we are for just weather now.

20C+ in April, 30C+ in May, monsoon downpours. The days of predictable temperate climate are gone.

Still this is what as a group we are prepared to pay to buy and do what we want. Even so called gardeners who you might think have an ounce of consideration use peat compost so their flowers look pretty.

Best not to get too attached to anything you plant it’s hit and miss if it will survive.

Just the English?

Yes I am aware of that . Thanks a lot

Tends to be!

British then

Thanks to the fairly mild but extremely wet temperature in N.Mcr at the moment the three bedding verbena that I planted yesterday afternoon in my lunch hour have completely disappeared. There is literally nothing left in the pot apart from two big fat snails and I think they are currently having sex, just to rub my nose in the fact that they've eaten my plants.

Woke up, big coat on, went to let chickens and geese out this morning and it's was 8c overcast and raining. Now it's 9c and absolutely pissing it down. Not nice summer thundery showers, it's pissing it down and cold.

It's weird, it feels like March. I've now got my winter fleece and socks on and under a blanket and my fingers and toes are freezing, my middle finger has gone white. It's the 11th of bloody June!!

Peonies and roses absolutely had it and the slugs have had a field day. 😢

I love this weather, I feel like I have more energy but I completely get why people want a summer.

Just want to send solidarity re: the slugs. They having a right party in my garden.

I'm on my 1st week off work since November last year. 🙄.

Had planned on going out to several places, country walks and pub lunches but reality is staying at home, clearing out cupboards and popping to the local tip 🤣 as the weather is shite.