What do you dislike the most about your climate? (ice, record, days)

[atsizat]

Too warm winters

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[lab276]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

What do you hate the most about your city's climate?

I hate how, in some years, August is warmer than May, and how November is more prone to higher records than March.

That's rare though, it's only happened twice in the last twenty years, and three times in the last fifty (95, 09 and 11)

[Longaotian]

Originally Posted by jgtheone

summers are way too inconsistent in terms of temperatures, below 20C should not be allowed and people shouldn't have to experience a week of 22C guaranteed when the average high is meant to be 26-27C

if the temperatures were consistent in summer then I wouldn't mind the snowless winters as much.

Yeah lol! Melbournes climate is a bit too crazy for me, if the summer weren't so unstable it would be a much better climate. Last year, when I was in Melbourne during summer I experienced one day of 42C and then a cold front come through and the next day recorded a high of 18C with drizzle in the middle of January! Now, being a person from Auckland (literally the most consistent climate you can probably find) it was all a bit too much for me haha.

[shyguylh]

I like warm weather, but as I've aged I can't take EXTREME heat as well, and our summers are typically 96'F as the normal high for a good 2 months. That's just so freaking HOT. (Luckily this year it's rarely done that.)

Along those same lines, I do like WARM weather, which is the spring, and spring-time is just so messed up. One day it's 80 then it's 50 then it's 90 then it's 35 then it's 105 I'm like "lock into 75 or 80 and STAY THERE!!!!" I absolutely CANNOT STAND that "roller coaster" tendency and I don't care how normal it is I think it's stupid and it shouldn't happen. Also typically during the spring when it's warming up from the winter-time (our winters are mild but it's still not Key West or Hawaii) that is when it's bent on being CLOUDY and RAINY 75% of the time, but of course when it's now in the 90s it is full-blast sunshine and no rain sometimes for 2-3 months in a row.

That just makes no sense to me. (Again this year it's been much less that way.) Why not be sunny FULL TIME with NO RAIN AT ALL from like April to June, and then when it's now in the 90s NOW bring on the rain and clouds, that would make MUCH more sense.

The other thing I don't like is that rather than raining at a "steady" pace throughout the year, it will go MONTHS with no rain to where the soil has cracks everywhere but then all of a sudden it will rain its head off to the point of flooding. Why not rain a normal amount steadily as you go along? (I know I said rain little or none in the spring, but I don't mean to where the soil is cracking and then when you DO rain now it's flooding.)

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

Originally Posted by B87

Almost every summer from 2007-present.

Even the below normal summers from 1997-2006 (eg 1998, 2002), were better than the extremely cloudy rubbish we've had this last decade.

B87 , what is total sun since 1997 for London per year please - summer and annual ?

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

Originally Posted by B87

But these last 10 years have not been normal summer weather for the UK...

It's usually much sunnier and drier. Even the super cloudy 1960s had more sun than 2007-present. It's unprecedented.

I didn't complain at all last August or this June, because both of those months saw close to average sun.

sun averages here in this part of the UK have been pretty close to average since 2007 and as far back as you wish to go with the odd to and fro (obviously 2012 made it's mark ) I have only 530 for those 3 months ,the lowest total i can find - i think that long term average also applies to pockets of East Kent and East Essex ,but you are correct ,the rest of the UK has been something of a fail for averages notably London - are the London averages down on the 1961- 1990 totals ?

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

to the question - (climate wish list )

would like to see some snow occassionaly - this will be the year for sure
would like more torrential downpours in summer
would like a bright sunny winter

[Chava61]

Super cold winters especially when there is slushy snow/ice to deal with!

[chiluvr1228]

The long, hot, very humid summers. Starts in May and if we are lucky it ends in October. July, August & September are the worst. You walk outside and feel like somebody threw a warm, wet blanket on you. It actually makes it hard to breathe. If it wasn't for a/c I would never live here.

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by Shalop

Winters are too cold/snowy in NYC.

Some years are better than others though (2002 & 2012).

Fixed.

I also hate the seasonal lag in the spring, backdoor cold fronts, and the lower amount of thunderstorms compared to areas immediately west (New Jersey).