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Cardiff in Wales, and Blaengarw and Bridgend (both located on the south coast of south Wales), were sunny, warm and humid, around 28C as I recall, because these towns are on the sheltered side of the Bristol Channel.
Travellling across the Bristol Channel from Bristol, Temple Meads, England to Newport, Wales was something I thought would be a dream come true which didn't eventuate. I learnt something very new from this experience which was very suprising as I expected to travel overland from England to Wales which was not to be!
Travelled under the Bristol Channel which proved to be a shock LOL.
It was dark, wet and very cold with light rain in Newport and Cardiff being the total opposite. In fact they (Wales) have their own beer called "Brains".
Bristol was very, very windy and cold - in fact out of all cites and towns I've visited which isn't surprising considering that Bristol is on the exposed side - and Cardiff the most sheltered.
Bath was very wet with a lot of heavy rains.
Oxford sunny but very cold in the strongish wind.
London very changeable but the most humid and warm - if you can call it that - out of all UK cities.
Brighton warm enough to wear summer attire, 26C that day.
Manchester - very cloudy and wet like Melbourne - with the Pennies in the background (to the east).
Quite an experience walking around Westfield Arndale (Manchester city centre), Market Street, Salford Quays and Trafford shopping centre coupled with yellow trams.
Glasgow - very wet, dark and cold. Edinburgh dry but dark and overcast. Amazing how those two cities are just 45 minutes apart by train and yet each have totally different weather!
It rains much more in the west (Glasgow) than the east (Edinburgh) yet the topography doesn't differ that much.
I remember driving past Mount Annan (more than five radio/TV antennas) and the Gorbals - painted in such different colors - which brightened the rather drab landscape very rapidly. Drove all the way from Manchester (Fallowfield) to Glasgow (Bearsden) which took around 5 hours. Stopped at Carlisle and Lockerbie for "english cup of teas" and elevenses in the midst of torrential rain.
So the UK has a wide variety of everything :-).
To summarize - the north has the best of the cloudy and rainy weather and the south the least!
Of course - it isn't just down to you insistently telling us how cool UK summers are compared to Chicago, as if anyone is interested. I have already stated that the UK is relatively boring compared to continental climates, but it is not THE most boring, and is capable of interesting weather, albeit usually much less extreme than continental countries. At least the UK is capable of getting a month as hot as an average Chicago summer. At least it is capable of getting snowy, cold winters. At least it is capable of getting supercell storms. At least it get can get severe blizzards. It's more than what many places get. We get plenty of variable weather here, just on a more diluted scale compared to, say, the US Midwest.
Good heavens no. The UK does not have the most boring weather in the world.
I would expect that one of the many desert settings in the world would most likely be the location of the most boring & least unsettled weather.
Totally subjective, silly poll. One person's "boring" is another's ideal.
Your "logic" is flawed, why would there be a poll if it was totally objective? It's BECAUSE it's subjective that there is a poll, you genius. Silly would be having a poll for a question everybody knows the answer to, like "what colour is the sky"? Because there is only one answer.
And it appears it has generated quite a bit of discussion, that's what these threads are for. Of course it is subjective and a matter of opinion, which makes debates interesting, but you wouldn't know what Interesting is RWood.
I had this idea because I was getting irritated by the repeated cloud problems during another high pressure period so it isn't intended to be a 100% serious poll. Does everything have to be 100% serious? If anything you and your boring attitudes are what is silly, and you should keep out of my threads thank you.
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Definitely no. Nowhere in the UK, Lerwick included, is nearly as boring as the likes of Lima or Walvis bay imo. Only thing is that "interesting weather" is fairly moderate and rather infrequent, just like in any oceanic climate.
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Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1
Cardiff in Wales, and Blaengarw and Bridgend (both located on the south coast of south Wales), were sunny, warm and humid, around 28C as I recall, because these towns are on the sheltered side of the Bristol Channel.
Travellling across the Bristol Channel from Bristol, Temple Meads, England to Newport, Wales was something I thought would be a dream come true which didn't eventuate. I learnt something very new from this experience which was very suprising as I expected to travel overland from England to Wales which was not to be!
Travelled under the Bristol Channel which proved to be a shock LOL.
It was dark, wet and very cold with light rain in Newport and Cardiff being the total opposite. In fact they (Wales) have their own beer called "Brains".
Bristol was very, very windy and cold - in fact out of all cites and towns I've visited which isn't surprising considering that Bristol is on the exposed side - and Cardiff the most sheltered.
You seem to have a habit of making generalizations about climates based on the couple days you've spent there. The stark difference you experienced between Cardiff and Bristol is most likely caused by the random weather fronts that hit the area while you were there by than long-term climatic averages.
Your "logic" is flawed, why would there be a poll if it was totally objective? It's BECAUSE it's subjective that there is a poll, you genius. Silly would be having a poll for a question everybody knows the answer to, like "what colour is the sky"? Because there is only one answer.
And it appears it has generated quite a bit of discussion, that's what these threads are for. Of course it is subjective and a matter of opinion, which makes debates interesting, but you wouldn't know what Interesting is RWood.
I had this idea because I was getting irritated by the repeated cloud problems during another high pressure period so it isn't intended to be a 100% serious poll. Does everything have to be 100% serious? If anything you and your boring attitudes are what is silly, and you should keep out of my threads thank you.
You seem to have a habit of making generalizations about climates based on the couple days you've spent there. The stark difference you experienced between Cardiff and Bristol is most likely caused by the random weather fronts that hit the area while you were there by than long-term climatic averages.
Yeah, Bristol has warmer summers than Cardiff and is drier on average. Cardiff is one of the wettest cities in the UK.
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I have already stated that the UK is relatively boring compared to continental climates, but it is not THE most boring, and is capable of interesting weather, albeit usually much less extreme than continental countries. At least the UK is capable of getting a month as hot as an average Chicago summer. At least it is capable of getting snowy, cold winters. At least it is capable of getting supercell storms. At least it get can get severe blizzards. It's more than what many places get. We get plenty of variable weather here, just on a more diluted scale compared to, say, the US Midwest.
The stark difference you experienced between Cardiff and Bristol is most likely caused by the random weather fronts that hit the area while you were there by than long-term climatic averages.
