Cool grey and cloudy and 18 degrees today and looks like the same for the next 5-6 days minimum
dare I say summer really looks like being over for one of the worst on record in my opinion especially for complete lack of sun for the London area

This was the Met Office text forecast issued at 5am on 13th August for NW England 

"A mostly dry start but frequent, locally heavy showers developing across the region as the day progresses. A cloudy day for many but chance of sunny spells."

Where did they get frequent showers from? No model was showing this. Not sure what has happened to the quality of these forecasts.  "wintry rain"  "showers becoming widespread and patchy" "isolated gales"

They have become sloppy for some reason over the last few months 

 

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It was decent yesterday but unfortunately it's turned poor for another weekend. Currently, it's cloudy with on and off spells of rain today. I don't think I've seen the sun either.

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I agree they are not fit for purpose and should be scrapped.  They have been very poor this year 

Automated forecasts give a better picture.  

Summarising a whole region in a couple of lines is very difficult E g  On Wednesday the forecast for Yorkshire was early brightness gives way to patchy rain . That may have been the case for Saddleworth Moor, I was in Bridlington where it was mostly sunny well into late Afternoon.

 

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Sunshine totals for the last 5 weekend days here: 1.7, 2.1, 0.9, 2.8, 2.1 

Utter horrific run that you think could only come from the depths of winter but even then you would struggle to get such a long run without even one day managing 3 hours

Even worse than it looks because it all comes in dribs and drabs throughout the day. Doubt any of the totally rank days managed more than about 20 minutes of continuous sunshine 

After that putrid run you would think things could only get better but no they get even worse. Another absolute abomination of a Sunday with full overcast, drizzle and appalling temperatures. Such an extensive blanket of cloud that a total of 0.0 would seem a possibility 

The worst run of summer weekend weather since 2012 and only 2007 and 2012 have produced 6 consecutive weekend days all failing to manage 3 hours sun. 3 hours is in no way decent or acceptable total for a summer day and we can't even manage that. It's beyond surreal.

Just two Sundays in this diabolical summer have managed 5 hours of sun. Even 2012 managed 4 and 2007 had 3 

I struggle to recall anything this grim in November. Even horrors like 2014, 2018 and 2019 didn't have three weekends of ultra depressing sunless garbage like this 

I thought the Augusts of 2007 and 2018 were ridiculous for the weekend curse but this month is in another league of awful. 5.4 hours average for the weekdays and less than 2 hours at the weekend. In other words, perfectly normal weather during the week then permacast horror all weekend long. The past Tuesday and Wedneday were dreadful but the previous week both days were glorious whereas the rotten weekend garbage is never compensated for.

This is such a dire and depressing August it makes the likes of 2008 seem decent. For the third successive weekend I have been stuck at home unable to the the things I enjoy with nothing to look forward to but another week stuck in the house. A truly miserable and soul destroying existence.

Can't go for any long walks anywhere or long cycles because of the repulsive weekend weather. Can't partake in any photography. Can't sit out in the garden for more than about 10 minutes at a time. Can't travel abroad to escape this godawful weather. Can't do anything I enjoy doing 

I have had fitbit for nearly four years and have never been as inactive before as I have in this abhorrent joke of a summer month. According to the fitbit I have been averaging 24 'very active' minutes a day which is 14 minutes less than the previous worst performing month and well under half the average. Yet this is supposed to be a summer month.

I would say I despise living in this utter hole but that wouldn't even begin to describe my feelings of utter revulsion about the appalling quality of life I have to suffer courtesy of one of the most horrifically depressing climates to be found anywhere on the planet 

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Been a crap weekend with surpressed temperatures, cloud and frequent outbreaks of rain. I'm getting that first sense of autumn now too, as the weather turns and the days are becoming noticeably shorter.

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Terrible month for temperatures. it ends up with the last week on 21c during the daytime with lots of cloud.

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Conversely it's been relatively warm here in the East 24c to 26c last few days with decent amounts of sunshine. 

 

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For day after day last week, the models were showing increasing confidence of the AH ridging NE'wards over the north of the UK, possibly to link with a high over northern Scandinavia, before the high inflated over the whole UK.

The time comes, the Scandi low sets up perma-residence, spinning shortwaves into the GIN Sea. The AH only ridges so far, being blocked from advancing as previously showed, and so putting the north of the country into a cool and cloudy NW'ly flow.

Most plans for the holiday in Jockland pretty much ruined. We had a brief spell of sunshine yesterday early afternoon and the temp felt like it rocketed. Then the cloud moved in, before the rain did later.

Plans to visit a couple of famed beaches on the west coast now seem pointless. We have a day booked on paddleboards; hypothermia becomes. An afternoon on a hired boat.... fairly pointless.

A beautiful place, but the weather is absolute toss.

I just think how much of a paradise the area could be with amazing looking beaches, etc, if only the weather was reliable. Perhaps climate change could have one benefit and give the west of Scotland a climate akin to, say, western France eventually. Would need to improve the roads, though!!!

 

 

 

 

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21°C is the highest the temperature has been all month here. If it stays that way then that is really quite an achievement for the second warmest month of the year. It would essentially be the summer equivalent of getting a frostless February.

You can just guarantee that September and October will be warm and dry after this August...

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Similar here max temp this month 22c

Looks really sunny at Aberdeen

https://online.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/Webcam/Default.aspx

 

Richard, any comment?

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I’ll comment on his behalf: the wretched Aberdeen weekend curse strikes again. Yet more wasted sunshine on a weekday and no doubt Saturday and Sunday will bring hellish overcast.

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August here has been a bit mediocre so far, nothing terrible and most days useable but quite cloudy and no really warm days though some pleasant ones.
Average max 19c here so far, all very typically Augusty .

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Utterly awful and typically 2021 day today. Drizzly, cold and so dark I have my lights on in the office.

Summer 2021: the year when the statistics lied. 

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You couldn't make this up. Down here in Kent we get SFA from north westerly flows in the winter while the rest of you get plastered in snow showers. But throughout this sh1storm of an excuse for summer, north westerlies have not once failed to deliver rain and grey skies. As I look out of my office window this morning, I see yet another miserable and disgusting day to add to that list. 

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Ruddy NW 'monsoon'. I've really seen enough August cloud, the breeze is incessant and it was cold enough yesterday that I wore gloves when cycling. No rain though - not sure if that's a plus or a minus..

I hear that in S Germany it was 30C on Sunday and 14C yesterday - so the wretched NWlies have got that far.

Another hugely depressing cold grey drizzly day in Fulham just 15 degrees with no sign of any improvement for many days if at all this month

And yet here in SE Scotland we have another fresh clear mostly sunny day, 20 C again

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21 C in Edinburgh
23 C in Stirling and Fife......what a contrast to further south

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One of the problems of this summer has been the number of truly awful days scattered across the 3 months (plus May of course). I can’t remember another summer with so many days maxing in the mid to high teens in London.

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This month must be the most average and boring month on record for my location. So far every day the max temperatures have ranged from about 18-22c, rainfall has been around 40mm so far which must be very close to average, and sunshine hours feel as though they have been average or slightly below average. Several days recently have just been bland and cloudy with occasional sunny spells, occasional drizzle, and a moderate breeze with max temperatures around 18/19c. Having said that the weather has been very 'useable' for outdoor activities, and not problematic in the slightest. If every month was like this it would be extremely boring but completely non-disruptive.

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I've just turned on the boiler to provide some hot water, for the fourth time this summer. Normally the solar panel does the job from May to October (a sunny day provides enough hot water to last 48 hours) and I wouldn't normally expect to need a boost more than once.

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You were in the sunniest place in the south east yesterday - what are you complaining about?

Admittedly that MetO statistic was 0.1 hours at Manston

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Trying to plan activities for the week here in Jockland and had to book a couple in advance. Going off the Models, it seemed the Wed/Thur/Fri period had the best chance of dry & sunny.

So we're off paddle boarding shortly 

 

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