Will there be any summer?

We have photos of us eating our meal outside under the pergola on the Easter Sunday of COVID year. I am wearing a light summer dress.

Today I have a thick thermal vest under a long sleeved summer dress, plus thermal socks. I am attending musical events in old churches tonight and tomorrow, and I have looked out a winter padded jacket to wear to them. I do not want to drown the music with my chattering teeth.

Last evening the temperature inside my house was 15. I switched on a flame-effect electric fire and the cats fled in alarm! It was only left on for half an hour then, wearing 2 thick fleeces and winter trousers, I felt warm.
At least it’s mostly dry. We had incessant rain all autumn, winter and spring.

It’s flipping cold here in Cumbria and there’s been some really windy days. Thank goodness for fleece sweaters.

It is cold, wet and windy here. We have had the heating on every evening since we got back from Ibiza on Sat. I also have socks on and a blanket over my legs.

We had a bit of sunshine this morning but not a lot of warmth really.

Yes what wonderful weather we had during lockdown it started in April, unlike right now heating on every night[Maybe, if we're lucky we'll get a brief summer before we're right back to this dismal weather. Nevertheless, it's not good in parts of Europe, torrential rain in Spain, excessive heat in Greece.

Lockdown was wonderful. Out in the garden everyday, with a paddling pool for my grandson. This year there were a couple of mornings in May when I could sit in the garden in a summer dress and drinking a cappuccino. Now I'm back to wearing my winter coat. The trouble is that climate change really emphasises the fact that we are a small island exposed to the full force of Atlantic weather systems.

I thought we were doing OK here in Brittany, but it has turned very wet and windy. We've usually had several barbecues by now in June, but this year we're buying the butcher's daily made up plats du jour instead. Today was stuffed tomatoes!

I refuse to put the heating on , so I’ve got a long sleeve t shirt and a hoody . And wore a fleece walking the dog .

I don't think we've forgotten it ....
I keep remembering 1976!

It's dropped 2 degrees since lunchtime here - cold , wet & very windy. I really need a wooly hat on to walk the dog. Yes I'm glad we're not 40+ degrees & drought, but it is a bit disappointing. My annual plants & veg aren't growing either.

Everyone has forgotten the fabulous weather we had in lockdown year

12C, Feels like 10C apparently.
The CH came on at 4.30 PM.

It's 17 and wet. The dog is filthy -- again.

However at the weekend it will be 18 and some sun - excellent!

Musicgirl

EEJit

It's 43 in the shade and 49 in the sun, in Turkey. Sorry for you all.

To be honest, I’m sorry for you. I would hate those temperatures. As one who has managed to get sunstroke in Birmingham in the past, 40+ degrees is the stuff of nightmares for me. A normal summer temperature of 20-24 degrees would suit me fine.

20-24C is just right.

Temperatures in the 40s would be unbearable. This chilly weather (wet today too) is miserable but at least we can layer up.

EEJit

It's 43 in the shade and 49 in the sun, in Turkey. Sorry for you all.

To be honest, I’m sorry for you. I would hate those temperatures. As one who has managed to get sunstroke in Birmingham in the past, 40+ degrees is the stuff of nightmares for me. A normal summer temperature of 20-24 degrees would suit me fine.

We had a long weekend on the Isle of Wight and it was one of the few places in the entire country where it was dry and reasonably pleasant. On Sunday it reached a positively balmy 18 degrees, with a pleasant breeze. I sat on Shanklin beach for an hour and managed to get a pink forehead, cheeks and nose (l have skin that is as fair as it is possible to be). Our final day was Monday and it was dry but the temperature was down to 13 degrees. Since our return, the rain has held off, but it has struggled to reach even 15 degrees. I think it is much colder today. I am still wearing a vest and need a hot water bottle in the evenings. We, too, have had the heating on. I don’t like extreme heat, but the typically English summer temperatures of 20-24 degrees would be very welcome.

I hate this cold windy weather so much and I for one will not be moaning if and when it heats up. Nothing in the garden is growing properly and all my veg are being eaten by slugs. We can't go for evening walks without getting frozen and only seeing grey skys. I pity parents if the weather is like this when the school holidays arrive.

My heating was switched off for the first time this year to go away on holiday, luckily the place we are staying at has heating.

We have several farms round here and the number of fields not under cultivation is noticeable. Too wet and cold this year to cultivate the ground or sow apparently. Sad sight.

Our central heating has been on every evening for the last goodness knows how many weeks.

I have brought plug plants to size ready for planting but have been reluctant to plant them out as it's been below 7 degrees some nights. Although they have been outside in their trays, I have tucked them 'into bed' with fleeces each evening but just have to plant them in position now, else they won't have time to mature before they due to die off for the winter. A British summer, eh?!

I’ve just been out for lunch, coincidentally we were out a year ago exactly. Today, 14 with a wind chill, a year ago 29, we haven’t been abroad for six years, but checking my diaries this is the coolest it’s been in that time.
My annual toenail painting was a waste of £10!,

Heating still coming on automatically on thermostat set at 18.5, electric blanket on for 10 minutes every night, back in my winter nightdress topped by my blissfully cosy fleece winter dressing gown, thermal vest on under my summer clothes and legs and feet clad in tights and thermal socks.

Christmas summer is with us.

My husband has just said he gives up and has turned the heating on.

I remember 1 summer school holiday when we had only 3 dry days. Early 1950’s.
I find that when bad weather is forecast for Scotland, Lancashire is in Scotland and when bad weather is forecast for the south ,we are in the south. Where I live is even worse as we can guarantee clouds if something interesting in the sky is forecast like northern lights or meteor showers

EEJit

It's 43 in the shade and 49 in the sun, in Turkey. Sorry for you all.

oh dear, poor you. Those are temperatures which kill people. We may be cooler here but it is so green and lush and we easily cope by wearing layers