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I absolutely love rain and actually love the uk climate, but was really surprised to see the averages of of the rainiest cities in the british isles are significantly lower than many of the southern united states cities and their rainfall averages. I am curious of what type of rain does the UK get , a mist, sort of like seattle and portland etc who are much less in yearly averages than a lot of southern cities. Strange how some areas like seattle get know as rainy climates and alot of the south doesnt but much higher yearly averages of rain in the south.
I am curious of what type of rain does northern england, glasgow, cardiff gets, sort of a mist and not alot of downpours?
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Boring, thunderless, cold overcast drizzle where you don't see the sun for days on end and just get a light accumulation.
VERY different from your handsome, warm, short-lived but intense thunderstorms that are preceeded and proceeded by full on sunshine. Northern U.K has some of the dullest climates in the world and yes, I suspect this will turn into another bashing British climates thread.
Overcast drizzle is what i thought, dont get me wrong though, I even love the southern humidity in the summer because you know you are going to get an evening thunderstorm but july and august rains can make it even more steamier after a rain in the daytime in the southern summer, usually in july and august. I just love the dark clouds forming in the afternoons for a thunderstorm and the break in the sun. I dont know if there is such a thing for seasonal affective disorder with lack of rain and too much sun but sometimes I get depressed with the sun shining every morning through the window.
I think I could adapt to a rainy uk climate with some overcast skies but maybe not the temps, rain in the cold is not alot of fun but I wouldnt mind the grey skies, I think.
I think living in las vegas would drive me crazy after a while, even an amazing place like san diego where I lived, which is a ton of peoples absolutely ideal climate, got me depressed with sun day after day after day and months without rainfall
There are some advantages to UK climates... Lerwick is in a higher hardiness zone than Nashville
and Jacksonville has a colder all time record low than much of the U.K, yet it's average winter highs are higher than the average summer highs for most of the Northern U.K.
The UK has some amazing gardens too, not usually for vegetables and fruits but design. London and that metro area is one of the few cities in europe where i have actually visited to just go on a garden tour. Gardening in the south is amazing for what you can grow but the uk is amazing for gardens as well, so many gorgeously designed gardens in the uk, many of the brits really do a fantastic job with the design of their gardens.
Its crazy that london,cardiff is a 9b hardiness zone, dublin a 9a, glasgow a 8b. there are ton of of vegetables and certainly fruits you can't grow there that you could in many 8 and 9 zones around the world but very impressive hardiness zones and lack of sub freezing temps
Yes, good post, thats the reason, number of days of overcast and rain for the average rainfall is much higher than yearly averages for accumulation . I looked it up and portland and seattle , like the rainiest cities in the uk , have 2-2.5 times the amount of rainy days than say mobile ,tallahassee ,miami or new orleans and alot of southern metros, They just dont get the massive downpours where it' is just pouring down like in the south
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Yes, good post, thats the reason, number of days of overcast and rain for the average rainfall is much higher than yearly averages for accumulation . I looked it up and portland and seattle , like the rainiest cities in the uk , have 2-2.5 times the amount of rainy days than say mobile ,tallahassee ,miami or new orleans and alot of southern metros, They just dont get the massive downpours where it' is just pouring down like in the south
Yep and to make it worse, usually temperatures range from 35-50 when the rain is falling. In Glasgow, 60F and sunny is considered "warm, summerish" weather. Be grateful to live in a climate where you don't have to sacrifice warmth and sunshine hours to get rain and you get them paired often.
I live in Northern England, and we get the same rain as Southern England. Generally light, and rarely does it rain all day. It's never warm when it rains, and usually a day with rain will generally end up being a crap day. Certainly don't expect sunshine, downpour, then sunshine again.
What would be expected of such a northerly Island such as this though?
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