Summer 2024

[GloriaSmud]

We are a few weeks away from the start of meteorological summer (1st June) so here are some early thoughts from Netweather

We have a boat in the marina we lend to the kids at weekends, they're spitting feathers that the weather is deteriorating again this weekend.

It's rubbish at the weekends
I'm doing everything outside after work then saving all the cleaning for the weekend it can wait until the sun goes again

Im grateful for a bit of warmth but agree about it always breaking down for the weekend which is annoying.

It also goes from one extreme to another - high 20s then right back down to high teens. I’d like to order a nice 24 degrees consistently rather than these big temperature swings (I know I’m being picky).

I'm ok with midweek heatwaves, but that's because my DCs are adults, and I like sitting in the garden listening to birdsong rather than the sound of neighbour kids splashing and shrieking.
Also DH goes into the office so I have weekdays to myself.

More thoughts from Netweather.

The weekend doesn't look awful as such, might be the odd shower about and cooler, with temperatures more 15-20C, which might suit some people better than the 25-30C that it looks like we could be getting in the next few days.

Be nice to have it switched, warmer at the weekend. Can't say I'm looking forward to the train, tube then the day in a 19 story glass window hospital!
But we are long overdue the nice weather so I'll enjoy it

The weather forecast is lying to us here - we’re supposed to get sunshine, even a bit of mixed cloud and sunshine, but what we’re actually getting is a grey cover that won’t shift. There’s no wind, which is nice actually but it means the grey just sits there. And when I look on the weather forecast, the fact it says sunny just drives me up the wall!

Same here, it's peaceful during the week with everyone else out at work or school!

Today could be the hottest day of the year so far before things start cooling down overnight/tomorrow.

Next week looks more showery but temperatures are still looking fairly decent ~ 15-20C

Ah, a Grand Finale today then! 😃😆

Yet again we go from 29 to 18/19.

Something in the middle would be lovely!

20 is a happy medium for me. I can enjoy the garden and warmer weather but function in work!

DIL driving round Cheshire this morning looking at bathrooms, I'm glad of the Aircon in the car and this warehouse I'm sitting in.

I want a beer garden and a glass of wine with lunch now

Didn't take the heatwave warning too seriously as the weather forecast is so pointless

Luckily I did set up to be at home today and it feels like it's about to get very hot, so glad I did that.

I love 20c and sunny but we missed that completely this year, unless we get it next week. All three forecasts I look at vary quite a bit.

Is that summer over with? had enough rain this year to last me a lifetime!

It an actually rained a little today. One minute it was baking hot, then this weird drippy humid rain.

I would just like to remind everyone that this mini heatwave is because we have had to keep the neutered stray indoors until she's healing okay. We are planning to let her out (and open all our windows and doors!!) on Friday. This is when it will no doubt be torrential rain and high winds, possibly even snow... Enjoy your last day of summer tomorrow 😎😥

Apparently it reached 30 degrees here today (outer London/Surrey border) and its going down to a much more pleasant 24 tomorrow 😀

@Pixiedust1234 Not going to lie I don’t really understand that. I haven’t adopted a stray myself, but I know people who have and they certainly wouldn’t keep all the doors and windows closed.

Bit baffled. The kitten would just be in a safe place where they couldn’t get out of the door or window in the first place. I’m sure you have reasons, I just can’t figure it out. I am sure you have been compensated in cute 🥰

Pixiedust1234 ~ 😆I can't see any storms/snow on the horizon from tomorrow but I can guarantee that from 6th July, when I'm on holiday for a week, that's when winter will return.

We're in a bungalow cat can come and go out of quarter light windows, nowhere is safe. @Pixiedust1234 your kitten will soon be safe from the boys attacks

I've not adopted her. She's been abandoned, got an injured leg and incredibly thin so I got her spayed as she was in heat and the rescues can't take her in, despite her being in a desperate situation, as they are full. If they can't take in one, they can't take in one plus 4 kittens. We also have a mother fox with four cubs that are decimating the local pigeon and squirrel population with huge fights ripping their dinner apart (think African hunting dogs with a David Attenborough narrative *shudder). So this cat would have ended up as dinner the first night after spay and locking her in is giving her the best chance of survival while she heals from her abdominal surgery.

Gloria - I really hope you aren't holidaying near me. Can I suggest you visit one of those lovely little Scottish islands so I can enjoy a tiny bit of summer? Pretty please?

@Pixiedust1234 Wow, you've made me think of Talking Heads "Wild, wild life" because that's a lot going on!

Heat hasn't really broken today, the air was so thick last night I thought a storm was coming.

This flat is proving it's worth - been 25 all night instead of what would have been at least 30 in the old flat.

Much breezier here today which is welcome as it is still warm, and sunny after a light shower this morning. So far so good!

Clouded over here and is windy in the SE. Not a nice day. So too hot to sit out in it yesterday and now too chilly and windy to sit outside!