Doesn’t feel like it. Tomorrow is the last day of the seventh month of winter. Temps are still around five degrees here in the mornings with maximums around ten. Lots of rain and more wind and storms this winter than I can ever remember. It really is bloody awful.
Now we’re heading into May which is always wet.
I find it so depressing.
It felt quite spring-like here this afternoon, up around 13-14 degrees, and the rest of the week is supposed to be more like 17-18. April is always hit and miss and seems to flip between winter and spring all month, sometimes multiple times a day...Originally Posted by TaketheCannoli
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
We seem to be bypass spring and autumn these days, I had the fire on this afternoon, cold wet and windy.
We will get up one day and it will suddenly be 23 degrees and summer will have arrived.
It’s certainly neither pleasant nor seasonal but if it was a long wet spell it was certainly far from being a really cold winter.
Thing is, often 5°C and wet feel colder than -5°C dry.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Cold and cloudy here all day, a very damp feeling. Had the heating on this afternoon.
Its fing depressing, the garden is a mess, constantly wet, the grass seed i have put down as done naff all and ive still got the bloody fire on….its abysmal.
We put topsoil and over seeded a few weeks ago, it has done nothing and the original grass is now looking like it needs a cut FFS.
Worse for farmers though, having a terrible time, too wet to harvest, crops gone rotten, too wet to plant.
My niece’s husband works for the company that produces potatoes for McCain and Walkers. His half million pound state of the art tractor Sunk in the field earlier this month.
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Half a million quid? It’s not even a Lamborghini!My niece’s husband works for the company that produces potatoes for McCain and Walkers. His half million pound state of the art tractor Sunk in the field earlier this month.
Meanwhile, we’ve had a couple of dry days down here with a coolish breeze so I managed to cut some of the lawn yesterday. It looks like staying dry today so hopefully I can get the front done this evening and maybe even finish the back.
Listening to Laura who does the weather on GMB the outlook for the rest of Spring and Summer is higher then average rainfall that’s after the wettest 18 months the UK has ever seen. She also said there have been very few places that have seen a Cloudless daytime sky in that time.
With that information I immediately booked to go to Spain to our friends next week, then the whole of June, and while there will book long term Villa rental for Sep Oct and Nov
Lucky you.
My work laptop shows temperature as 20C here in Dorset and according to the forecast, pretty much the same all week.
It's going to the a while for the fabric of our house to warm up as it feels a lot colder inside still!
Heating still on at about 75% capacity.
Off to Portugal golfing Thursday thankfully.
I've been moaning about it also for the past couple of months. It's been far colder for longer than usual. Strange how fuel prices are high and the cold is going on for longer. I'm beginning to believe the conspiracy theories of weather control.
Jim Dale, meteorologist extraordinaire, says we’ll have a heatwave in April.
So probably be tomorrow then.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/new...-b2513688.html
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Hasn’t stopped raining here in North Norfolk for months. Various phone apps say things like ‘rain not expected for 2 days’ then literally an hour later it’s raining! Signs afoot of change today though - car showed 15c, I had a trip to the dentist and then did a bit of shopping just wearing a T shirt! (And jeans I’m not a naturist!)- even turned the heating off on the top 2 floors of the house! - probably being rash and it’ll snow tomorrow?!?
In Dorset, we get a few hours each week of sunshine and warmth and then back to cold wind and and rain.
I work at home and because I tend to mostly sit for the day, I’m still wearing a few layers to keep warm.
Really demoralising as the moment I get out of bed I’m freezing
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Certainly looks to have been a rough, wet start to the year, hope it improves.
Lovely sunny morning here in South Yorkshire , although a little chilly . Hopefully it stays sunny and warms up later in the day .
I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
Love that, wore 5 layers playing golf last Wednesday in Essex, wind was cutting you in half. On Sunday, the morning was a deluge struggling to get above 6 degrees, but in the afternoon temperatures doubled, just to give us hope. Spain & Portugal have taken a battering as well in the last few weeks, so its not just us. I'm going to cut the lawn today, first time this month wish me luck!
It must be getting warmer
The builders working on the house opposite are both shirtless this morning!
It’s a nice day but not quite shirt off weather.
It is for the TZ gang ;)
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
In answer to your question David, no!
Beautifully warm and sunny today.
Took Dot out and then did some work on the mower.
Wife went to the local garden centre for coffee and natter with her pals.
Cheers,
Neil.
Ahhh, chucking down again, despite the promise of warmer weather. Now cold wind and rain. Delightful.
I long to escape this country.
The weather waited for this opening post!
A beautiful cycling commute, and even at 8am I only needed a light jumper.
Beautiful day today, along with some healthy looking farmland. Shocking!
Aaaaand the result of the Dutch Meteo Jury is in:
‘Wettest month of Aprilin 100 years’
‘Hours of sunshine parts of the country, in April halved compared with April’s average.’
I hope so the weather has been nuts recently, having to keep switching the heating on.
We will have a short mediocre summer and straight into autumn.
Heating turned down tonight to 50% boiler temp.
First day for a while that it’s been pleasant, went for a 5 mile run/walk around and over Bidston Hill, sun shining, gentle breeze and an ever so gentle warm feeling in that breeze. I’ll take that, isn’t that what spring is supposed to feel like. Probably be lashing down tomorrow.
Yup rain tomorrow and Friday, heavy showers at the weekend. So back to normal.
Got all the hedges and borders sorted yesterday. Just as well, grey and raining again here today.
Yup pulled pork on the egg currently, roast on it tmrw, and tomahawks Sunday, of course it would be raining.
Egg is waterproof, I’m not though.
Went for a walk to the cafe for a coffee this morning with the Mrs - dry but not warm.
The weekend doesn't look too great. We are doing a boot sale tomorrow morning at Epsom which looks dry until noon so we may get away with it.
Grandson's football Sunday am looks OK but the boot sale we were doing on bank holiday Monday to clear out some our old friend's house looks a washout.
Looking nice and warm from Tuesday onwards - typical!
Cheers,
Neil.
Two days with 25+C was ended during The Mother of All Thunderstorms yesterday afternoon and last night. Today: cold cold.
Guess who voluntered for a day on a RIB assisting optimist sailors.
It has been terrible, even last summer wasn’t great, cold and rains non stop! It’s May and the fields near us are still soaked
looking forward to some global warming
Poured down from lunch time yesterday and all night. Miserable and damp this morning. Happy bank holiday.
Did a boot sale with the wife this morning near Epsom.
An absolute cloudless sky and beautifully warm. Pretty hot at times, should have bought the sun screen!
Cheers,
Neil.
Another stunning day here. I’m out with the pooch now and it’s still warm enough for t-shirt and shorts and that would be unusual in July and August.
Meanwhile, in Sweden... (yesterday)
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Gorgeous day, a few miles walk down the river this morning, still sat out but have just put a jumper on.
Just had the first BBQ of the year.
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
Nice sunny day, 68 miles on a bike wth me legs out.
Beautiful day in Dorset. 19 degrees and blazing sunshine.
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Beautiful today in North Devon. Wandered down to Westward Ho! for a pint and a pizza. A lot of happy people enjoying the sun :-)
Dried the washing outside and the cat has a tan. Puuurrrrfect
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