To just want it to be autumn now?

[cravingcrispmornings]

I hate the depths of winter (January and February) with a passion, but my god I am craving those lovely September days where it’s not so hot you feel sweaty by 8am, and you're able to walk around without feeling disgusting.

I want soups and stews and pies back on the menu instead of pasta and salads, I want a piping hot bowl of leek and potato soup with a crusty bit of bread, a steak and ale pie with a helping of buttery mash, a roast dinner.

I’m sick of wearing dresses and sandals, I have a Birkenstock tan line ffs. I want to get into bed and feel cosy, not just have a sheet over the top of me. I’m craving a cosy autumn afternoon, a nice walk through orange woods and coming back to a lovely bowl of stew with a helping of crusty bread, tucked under a blanket reading a book.

I’m just bloody sick of summer!

Im looking forward to normal south east England summer of 22/23 degrees. With the odd rainy day for the plants. Its such a nice weather when its like that.

I have found the hovering at 28 feeling a bit much for being outside without shelter which some summer evens have been.

@dogsmaid this keeps happening! It looks like a drop to lovely summer weather and then that never happens. In many ways it has been nice to have a long period of sunny weather but I’m glad we’re in the last third now.
i remember saying in May I wander summer in store if we’re in a heatwave already / if only I knew!

@socks1107I read it’s because the app is based on historical averages for the future and forecasts in general are only accurate in the short term but who knows. I have given up hope for some reprieve 😆

It has been nice but I struggle with the temps above 28 particularly when working as we don’t have air con & the parks desperately need some rain.

We don't have particularly cold Septembers so I wonder what it will be like.

@Crushed23fingers x,

I usually relish summer, but I have to agree OP. I’m actually bored of the unrelenting heat. For me, I think the main reason I want to get back to autumn is workwear. I work in London and my workplace has a strict corporate dress code. I don’t have the spare cash to invest in quality linen and cotton workwear which I’ll only wear 2-3 months of the year (at most). So it’s been a struggle to find office appropriate clothing that won’t make me break out in a terrible sweat.

I want to get back to smart trousers, nice quality knitwear, dresses with tights and boots.

Surely you don’t need a jacket at 18-19 degrees?

The sun lovers always get aghast on these threads. Thing is I do understand why people love the heat. I just don’t, not long term over 25 degrees. There have been cooler days- I had a blissful few days in North Yorkshire where it was cloudy and 18. Perfect for walking.

I can’t just walk out of the house in hot weather, I have to slather myself in factor 50 first and then remember to take it with me to reapply etc. I have photosensitive eyes (pale green) and so lots of bright light gives me headaches, so have to remember sunglasses.

I love sunshine and pleasant temps of up to 22ish.

Whether there have been no days below 26, it HAS been the hottest and driest summer. So even a few cooler days can make it feel relentless. In the same way that if you hate winter, even the odd dry, sunny day doesn’t make it feel less relentlessly grey.

I like the sun & heat just not in London

I absolutely do? I wear a crop top or vest and shorts during the day on hot summer days, and I socialise well into the night. It can be a glorious 26 degrees during the day and drop to 16 degrees by midnight. I can’t walk around in summer clothes in 16 degrees, personally, I’d freeze.

Indeed. Nobody tries to Gotcha someone who hates winter by pointing out that actually the sun came out for an hour on Thursday 19th November and there was that one warm patch in March where it got above 16 for a day.

ETA: I say nobody. I can think of a poster who would. 😉

😆

They do actually. ‘It’s not even below freezing much’ is quite common. ‘Don’t you enjoy frosty mornings though?’ Is another. Even when I say it affects my mental health…though according to the OP I’m just a bit sad, I need to learn to cope or else make a GP appointment instead of being insufferable about it 🤷‍♀️

I have always hated everything about summer, so this year's interminable heatwave has been hellish for me! Also, we have an extremely active toddler and August is a bit of a wasteland since most of the groups we attend are cancelled or sporadic so filling her days with activities is more tricky.
I too am longing for autumn, I have always liked it, my second favourite season, something so cosy and comforting about it and the fact that it is followed by my absolute favourite season, winter! I love everything about winter, it is very much my time, plus I am obsessed with all things Christmas so I am at my very happiest when the days are shortest!

Your turn will come @Everlore
I'm not a fan of winter TBH. I like not spending 10 minutes layering up to leave the house, spending money on heating, driving in driving rain and fog, the long dark evenings.

However, I understand how sapping the heat can be, and we really need some rain. We have some forecast for Thursday.

I hear you. I'm sick of being sticky all the time! I've had horrible sweats all summer long and can't seem to regulate my temperature at all, even on the days that are cooler. I'm looking forward to being able to wear an extra layer without melting inside it!

Autumn might be just as deranged as Summer is...Climate change will kill all predictably pretty soon.

is the cool weather actually coming? 😆

It’s been glorious today. Cool, grey and rainy!

It certainly looks like it in my part of Yorkshire.

It’s warmer vs when I last looked

a HIGH of 22-24 degrees certainly counts as cooler weather to me! I’ll be freezing my tits off at the temperature low of 13 degrees, if I’m out and about 🙃

Yabu, its great waking up knowing it'll be sunny feels like being abroad or the summers i remember as a young child

I’m not a big fan of hot weather but I have got used to this lovely long Summer we’ve been having.

It’s been warm and dry but not roasting and it’s been lovely to be able to get outside, wear shorts and t-shirts, dry washing on the lime.

I do love Autumn though and I sleep so much better in the cooler weather.

It rarely gets very cold in Winter anyway.

@Crushed23I will happily take 22, just need to get to a day that does that! Today was showing as 28 the other day but it was hotter.

I’ve got a late dinner on Thursday in London and I will certainly be taking a jacket. I really need it to be at least 23-24 degrees at night for me for feel comfortable walking around in summer clothes without a light jacket, and it almost never is in London. It always seems to be cool in the morning and late at night (to me). Take today. A hot day but drops down to 20 degrees at midnight, and will be even cooler tomorrow morning.

Where I live is another story - I sleep with the AC on every night in summer. So actual unrelenting heat!