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I feel the opposite.
August is mostly great, with constistantly warmer weather than June with maybe a coldish spell or two
but as good as August is, summer acclimatization just makes the last half of September feel too cold.
I think I like April better than September,
both because of winter acclimatization making it feel warmish
but perphaps more importantly?... HIGHER SUN ANGLE!
I'm much more comfortable when my shadow is shorter than me; means the sun is giving decent heat-output.
I suppose I'm basically a tropical-person,
as I still look for ways to warm up most winter days in Australind
but its SO much easier to get warm in winter here, than even Toronto in October.
Even in August, at least in the morning, the weather can get noticeably cooler. But through much of September, the days are still warm and I find the sun to be pretty strong. Though I guess Toronto's autumn weather may be a couple weeks ahead of here.
That's why I hate summer in the UK, the weather is boring and dull. At least come winter we can get some proper snowstorms and days on end of SUN rather than cloud, since winds will often switch to an easterly direction, bringing us cold dry air rather than that terrible moist Atlantic air with a lot of rain.
I find summer here dull because it's too hot and sunny. Sounds like the UK has very comfortable summer weather. I prefer cloudy weather, though I do occasionally enjoy a clear day. Sunny weather itself doesn't necessarily bother me (though weeks of it do get old), it's the long days that I don't like. I'd rather it be cloudy or dark around the 3PM-5PM time frame.
I enjoy rain, though of course I didn't enjoy getting 8 inches in one weekend!
That's why I hate summer in the UK, the weather is boring and dull. At least come winter we can get some proper snowstorms and days on end of SUN rather than cloud, since winds will often switch to an easterly direction, bringing us cold dry air rather than that terrible moist Atlantic air with a lot of rain.
Are days of sunny weather more common in winter than summer in the UK? I thought it would have been the opposite.
Over the past 5 years, summers have become increasingly poor and cloudy. Winters on the other hand have become colder, drier, snowier and sunnier, hence many parts of the UK had their sunniest December on record last year.
Even in August, at least in the morning, the weather can get noticeably cooler. But through much of September, the days are still warm and I find the sun to be pretty strong. Though I guess Toronto's autumn weather may be a couple weeks ahead of here.
The second half of September, the sun becomes rarer, the wind speeds pick up and the temperatures feel more like October than what we had on Labour Day.
Clearly sunshine totals will be higher in July than December simply because daylight hours are significantly longer. However, depending on your location, December 2010 was a very sunny month, and I do recall more crystal clear sunny days in December than at all this summer.
Totalled 27 hours, which is probably about 12-14% of the max we could get.
Even this Uber Dull august of only 105 hours got about 23% of the max possible though.
In England winters are generally totally overcast every day and when we do get a clear sunny easterly for a day or two it's a very very rare thing.
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