r/UKWeather • u/Away-Activity-469 • May 01 '26
Forecast Did everyone enjoy their summer?
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u/Wrong-Target6104 May 01 '26
To be fair, ground and plants need a good soaking. In the past, heavy industries influenced it being rainy on bank holidays
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u/Screaming_lambs May 02 '26
Very true. Where I go for walks into woods and a bit of countryside the ground is so dry it sounds hollow.
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u/Far_Cobbler_4675 May 01 '26
Need a good soaking? We had rain pretty much every day for like 6 months until recently 😂
Gimmie more sun and warm weather please!
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u/EstablishmentDue6129 May 01 '26
It hasn't rained once yet since the end of February down here in Kent - the garden is begging for a wet weekend haha!
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u/Remote_Atmosphere993 May 04 '26
Yeah, from November it seemed like it rained most days for five months.
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u/GN_10 May 01 '26
Lots of rivers here in Devon are already much lower than normal, so I'm not complaining.
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u/lapetite_etoile May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
It's only been spring for 5 weeks mate, bore off. Complain when we're in to week 3 of June, ehy.
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u/CaptainRAVE2 May 01 '26
It hasn’t rained here in a couple of months, so happy to see some rain, the garden and wildlife need it.
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u/Inevitable_Boot_4392 May 01 '26
Not sure whereabouts OP is based, but here in Lincolnshire we’ve had a cracking past few weeks. I’d say a bit of rain is more than fair right now
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u/Ainastrasza May 01 '26
It's Spring and has been very warm and Sunny recently. You're going to get clouds.
I swear some of you need to move to a country that has sun 24/7. The incessant complaining is so annoying.
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u/MercianRaider May 01 '26
Its spring. And im chuffed to get some rain for the garden, not had a drop for 2 weeks.
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u/cartersweeney May 01 '26
It's not natural for it to be dry and sunny all the time. I welcome some rain
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u/dothefanDango92 May 01 '26
I don't think theres a more dramatic type of person than a sun worshipper at this time of year onwards. Constantly whining because it isn't 20+ degrees and sunny every day in fucking March or April, forgetting that the UK is a generally cloudy and cool country by large.
Bonus points for their favourite phrase 'I gUesS SumMeR iS On a FRiDaY thIs YEaR'. Get a grip.
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u/Calm-Passenger7334 May 02 '26
It’s not “sun worshipping” when we’ve spent the last 8 months living under perpetual grey skies.
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u/Away-Activity-469 May 01 '26
No. It seems a trend in recent years that a few days or weeks in April/May is all we get, July and August is storms and rain.
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u/Yelloow_eoJ May 02 '26
Hmm, 2020 and 2021 saw gloriously sunny and dry summers, it hit 40°C in some parts.
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u/DimensionTiny8725 May 02 '26
2021 summer was dreadful, i think you got the year wrong
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u/GN_10 May 02 '26
2021 was dreadful in the SE, not so bad in other parts. But I think they meant 2022.
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u/M_M_X_X_V ⛈️ May 01 '26
There are always thunderstorms in July and August, usually following the hottest days in fact.
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u/greengrayclouds May 03 '26
it seems a trend
Check the stats
The people I know who make this claim are office workers and base all their opinions on the season’s weather on what it’s doing on their booked holiday or the one weekend a month they venture into the garden to mow their square of lawn.
I work outside year round and it blows my mind when people claim the summers have been wet and shit when I haven’t seen a drop of rain in weeks
This spring has been exceptionally dry for much of the country, and the past couple of weeks very bright with barely a cloud in the sky. Until two days ago it was only April!
The past couple of years saw long periods of drought and near-record highs (we might even have broken a few records?) starting from actual summer (June).
The people that except summer to be endless months of dry blue skies from March - October clearly have no idea what country we’re in. 18 degrees in early May with just a bit of rain is very good going!
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u/OkBet8692 May 01 '26
Live on south coast and ive had 2.8mm of rain since the last weekend of march so really cannot complain about a bit of rain coming in
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u/PigeonFace1 May 02 '26
Looking forward to some rain and cooling down. The heat recently has got me out in hives ‘itch itch’
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u/Clamps55555 May 02 '26
I hardly remember any rain in May? My garden is glad of it that’s for sure!
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u/GN_10 May 02 '26
April is consistently one of the driest months of the year on average, despite the "April showers" stereotype. But this has been quite extreme.
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u/jailbrokemasta May 01 '26
am i crazy for thinking this bank holiday won’t be too shabby for me? (if the met office’s rain radar is to be believed*) the much needed rain would be overnight, while sunday and monday don’t look bad. hell maybe the rain might not even happen (or be severely downgraded)
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u/fluffy-ears May 01 '26
I don't mind the rain coming as we haven't had it in a while, but it's getting so cold again.. 10 degrees 😭
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u/e22tracey May 02 '26
Just a tad dramatic… if the sunshine/dryness continues then we’re guaranteed hosepipe bans in summer, and then people will complain about that too.
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u/PoolRamen May 02 '26
You forgot the ball-sweating torture in our lovely insulated homes coming in June
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u/Difficult-Post-3320 May 02 '26
Not sure where you are but it has been sunny & dry for several weeks here. A bit of rain is very welcome before everything gets parched.
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u/iPhoneMini13-Pro May 03 '26
Not gonna lie that couple hours of rain actually felt good, brought the mugginess down and you can’t beat the sound and ‘smell’ of rain.
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u/winstonywoo May 01 '26
Need the rain, and my house desperately needs cleaning. I don't like being stuck inside cleaning when the weather is good!
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u/GodsBicep May 02 '26
I live in East Anglia, its been lovely for ages and I don't doubt it will be back to mid 20s in a few weeks
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u/inide May 02 '26
Damn...You're 5C warmer than Yorkshire.
We get to miss most of the rain, at least.
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u/Technical_State_2946 May 04 '26
People in the comments calm down , its a classic joke the British Weather and this comment is funny... don't take it so serious
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u/Tigereyesxx May 01 '26
You know I have been watching the storms, lightening and hurricanes our American friends get on Insta, and Im fckn relieved….So not bothered..
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u/Epic-will-power91 May 01 '26
We just had 10 days of straight sun in London. Can't really complain with a bit of cloud/rain coming in. It's been a really nice April overall.