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Go to South Florida in January and there are pool parties, barbecues, beach parties, all with avg high/low temps of 76/59F in January, basically a London summer.
Sebastian Beach Fort Lauderdale Jan 20, 2019 High temp of 76F. I was on the beach and it felt great.
the only difference with England would be that the ocean temp was 75F, and basically doesn't go below 74F in winter thanks to the Gulf Stream.
Brits are a hardy breed, despite cool sea temperatures ,even in summer, you will have the sea full of people on packed beaches
Don't forget you get used to the climate wherever you live, when I lived in the UK although it isn't guaranteed to be clear blue sky & sunshine every day I still managed to go to the beach plenty, spend lots of time in the garden, eat outdoors/have BBQ's etc.. You don't have to have temperatures over 30C to do any of that.
Very good point.
I have no problem enjoying outdoor activities when it is cooler out or overcast. In fact, I prefer summer temperatures between 20 C-22 C . The area where I live does not get 30 C very often but 30 C to me is just too hot and adding in the sun it just makes it miserable.
UK climates aren't bad.
Bristol: A (winters too cloudy and slightly too wet)
Dalwhinnie: B (winters too cloudy and wet, summers too cool)
Cardiff: A- (winters too cloudy and wet)
I have no problem enjoying outdoor activities when it is cooler out or overcast. In fact, I prefer summer temperatures between 20 C-22 C . The area where I live does not get 30 C very often but 30 C to me is just too hot and adding in the sun it just makes it miserable.
They're all pretty poor in my opinion. I live not far from Bristol. Winters are dismal with short days, very weak sunshine even if the sky is clear (which it often isn't). Midday can feel like dusk. Summers can be pleasant but are pretty variable with some quite warm to hot and sunny and others cool and very overcast and wet. Crops like squashes can do very well in the former but fail to ripen at all in the latter.
There isn't a huge amount of variation in the climates of the lowland more populated parts of the UK, especially England. The best in my opinion would be near the central south coast between about Poole and Brighton where it's sunnier than elsewhere and a little inland to avoid the worst sea winds.
Portsmouth on paper the best but sunny south coast resorts are breezy and cold . You need somewhere sheltered. That's if those sun hours are actually accurate (same applies to Jersey ...hmmm ... i always wonder why the discrepancy between south coast England/Jersey and the cloudy north France coast averages of 1550 hours .. likewise why is Shetland sunnier than Torshaven ?
London is poor because it still gets that cold breeze 10 months of the year rendering the warmer temps pretty useless and has around the same sun hours as inland Pershore
Inland Pershore at a guess might be best ...not too wet , does have low sun hours but maybe far enough away from the pesky coastal breezes plus cold enough for snow .
East Anglia and Kent same as south coast ...cold breezes , this time delivered straight off the north sea .
Anywhere north of Pershore is just awful beyond words ...wet ,cold ,breezy and damp the whole time ...theres a world of difference between Manchester and Canterbury ...I'd sooner have Oslo than Manchester ..that's going some
Dalwhinnie has a truly miserable climate, but very cozy if you are in indoors, and is a beautiful place to visit. Was supposed to go there last summer but COVID came along and ruined things.
Why these three kind of similar climates and no Portsmouth or Isle of Wight?
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