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That England's summer is "three fine days and a thunderstorm" and repeat.
Well, no. There is no thunderstorm every 3 days. And we don't have endless repeats of fine days, any time of year. That above statement would accurate describe Texas perhaps. The UK summer is more like 2-3 mostly cloudy days around 65 degrees, then a band of frontal drizzle and wind.
No, that doesn't ring true here either. Most summer days here vary from mostly cloudy to mostly sunny with temperatures hovering around 70-72F. There will be a few days in each month where it is completely sunny, but they occur much less frequently. Completely cloudy days in summer are unusual
A Buxton summer, maybe. Certainly not the case here.
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No, that doesn't ring true here either. Most summer days here vary from mostly cloudy to mostly sunny with temperatures hovering around 70-72F. There will be a few days in each month where it is completely sunny, but they occur much less frequently. Completely cloudy days in summer are unusual
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You two live in places drier and milder in summer than most of the UK... and my statement was about the UK as a whole, not just England.
Even so, England, let alone including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has rain on 10 days a month in summer on average, with an average max of 68 degrees...as per the following data, an average of English climatological stations... so my statement was accurate, but I said 65 degrees not 68 because I was referring to the UK as a whole not just England.
The "rain day" day data on here is using the 1mm threshold. I looked at data for Church Fenton and on average a summer month actually has 15-20 days on average with some precipitation even despite being in the shelter of the pennines.
We can all agree that the UK summer is not three fine days then a thunderstorm and repeat. This just shows how wrong people's perceptions of the weather are when you see the hard cold data.
My definition of a "fine" summers day is warm (more than 23 degrees) and sunny, and that is certainly not what the UK summer is like consistently, not even in the SE. Your definition of a "fine" summers day my differ.
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The morons who say "Only in (insert said moron's state here) can it be 60 in one day and 40 the next!!!"
Yeah, because the rest of the country didn't see the exact same weather change? Idiot.
This is especially funny when the person lives in a place that doesn't exactly get huge temperature swings compared to the Midwest or South (like the NE US for example).
The morons who say "Only in (insert said moron's state here) can it be 60 in one day and 40 the next!!!"
Yeah, because the rest of the country didn't see the exact same weather change? Idiot.
This is especially funny when the person lives in a place that doesn't exactly get huge temperature swings compared to the Midwest or South (like the NE US for example).
Yeah, or when idiots say "This winter has been so cold. It's not usually like this." when the winter is warmer than average.
I'd already be pissed off about the warm winter, but this would send me over the edge.
People in the UK who are not well versed on the climate seem to think than places such as Cornwall or Jersey are warmer than the SE all year round. In reality they are only warmer in winter, and their summers are almost non-existant compared to the inland SE (especially in Cornwall).
I remember one time I was talking to 2 people, one was from Chicago and the other from Vancouver. The guy from Chicago kept on talking how bad winters are in Chicago, and the guy from Vancouver said "well imagine me, I'm from Canada!!"
I literally smacked myself in the forehead afterwards.
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