One hot day on Monday to be followed by a whole new level of grotfest grey horror. Utterly dire day after day with miserable ugly depressing skies and yet another crap weekend.
Not a single weekend since the start of April has managed 50% sun. I just can't ever remember such a grim depressing run. It's more than just demoralising. It's like living in the Faeroe Islands. Even Saturday 30th June 2012 was better than just about any weekend weather this year. Certainly leagues ahead of the revolting overcast, cool windy garbage we are enduring today for the umpteenth Sunday in the past 18 months. Last year had the worst Sunday sun levels I have ever recorded and this year is putting up a credible attempt to beat that awful record. It's just incredulous.
Just got a reminder that this time last year I was in the Algarve and the difference in weather conditions couldn't be more stark. Couldn't do better than the wonderful blue skies and comfortable temperatures you get there whereas you couldn't do any worse than the foul cold grey unpleasant poison I'm looking out the window at today.
Both the highest 7-day and 30-day sun totals are the lowest in my records and can't see them being beaten now with July guaranteed to be a dreadful month these days. Once again comparison with the 1960s is unfavorable. That decade used to be thought of as the worst summer could be yet the July's of 1964, 1966, 1967 and 1969 were all sunnier than every one of the dross experienced over the past decade except for 2018.
21st Century summers truly are the absolute pits with nothing as comparably awful in recorded history.
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