September is better than April IMO - the days are shorter, but unlike April, September is a warm month, and is more or less the same as June. That's why I often think of the 'summer period' being June to September, or at least the first half of September.

Although July and August are the sunniest months in % terms, at least in Eastern, central and southern England. For a month with such long daylight, June really doesn't impress at all, usually just a bit sunnier or even duller than August on average.

Originally Posted by: LeedsLad123 

Yes I would regard September as a summer month, mostly warm and the garden shows no sign of change.
October and November are the autumn months I find more tedious , lack of warmth or exciting weather of any kind.

Regarding the development of Spring, have beech trees come into leaf where people are? The one in my garden is still completely bare (as are a number of unknown trees), think it's later than normal but only been here a couple of years.

Originally Posted by: Tim A 

Yes I would regard September as a summer month, mostly warm and the garden shows no sign of change.
October and November are the autumn months I find more tedious , lack of warmth or exciting weather of any kind.

Regarding the development of Spring, have beech trees come into leaf where people are? The one in my garden is still completely bare (as are a number of unknown trees), think it's later than normal but only been here a couple of years.

Originally Posted by: Tim A 

not only in leaf but also developing nuts now..

Originally Posted by: picturesareme 

Hottest day of the year again 23c Charlwood Surrey.

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Good number; we managed 22.1° but it's below 21 now.

Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle 

It will be many weeks before mine gets to that stage although the leaves have today burst open in one small section. On a trip out today I saw some beeches in full leaf. Think different genetics causes variation as well as climate. 

Originally Posted by: Tim A 

Winter thread? I'm still in it. Max of 10 C here on the coast today and grey all day!

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray 

Can't wait for the northerlies for some clear skies and warmer sunshine. Cold and foggy here and 8 C. We'll probably have another 4 days of this easterly cold spell before the northerly comes next weekend 😆😆

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray 

Actually we have a great climate but in recent years the UK's prevailing climate seems to have decided to disappear. Our prevailing climatic winds are SWly and those winds give lovely conditions to the east of Scotland with dry air and sunshine. The weather is rubbish the climate is not (unless that has changed permanently).

Vile this morning with cool grey muck and thunderstorms nearby.

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

It would be interesting to see the stats for Dyce in the last few years - whether there has been a change in prevailing wind direction to go with the change in sunshine levels.

I wouldn't even claim London has a "great" climate though. We are about 1,000 annual hours of sun, several degrees of summer max and a week of annual snow cover short of a great climate even down here.

Originally Posted by: TimS