Do you enjoy warm, muggy close and sticky humid nights or something!? Just every time I say something negative about such warm nights you seem to use this against me or ask me to see a doctor etc. I don't mind heat during day and i live in Toronto too - there were warm days there but I was mostly there in winter but all the apartments /flats I rented had air con and bedrooms were kept  to a cool or comfortable 19 to 20c for sleeping. Same for Calgary - (Winter) - warm air came from the floor in the winter. The rooms I rented in during the +30c heat in summer had colder air (air con coming up from the vents in the floor. - This isn't the case here in the UK, where I have been sleeping with the fan on most nights. Homes (majority) bedrooms don't have air con here.

My mother is from Malaysia (KL) near equator... where is 33 or +34c every day and 27 or 28c by night - it's right on the equator - is lovely at night like places in southern Europe a nice pleasant 27c to eat out BUT many rooms in houses have air con. So you're not persistently in that sort of heat if you're with me. 

Here... as I may have mentioned before when we get 30c or so heat by day (which has been many times this summer and night time mins of 19c or 20c - it can get really uncomfortable for sleeping - as I have said - my house is semi detached and a south easterly or easterly wind (which has been this summers mean wind direction) has not/will not make any difference to air coming in. My bedroom is west facing so the sunset at night boils my room to 28c to 30c by night and that heat never escapes so I am sleeping in those hot temps.

Back on topic we have been lacking thunderstorms? Bit disappointed as I love convective weather! - here in the SW (Devon) we haven't had one crack of thunder or flash of lightning! It's been the case of 'very humid and drizzly, damp' overcast close sticky' type nights instead of the humid and thundery, convective exciting with flashes of lightning (fun) type nights. - Use to enjoy watching them flashes and photographing the flashes of lighting!  

What I mean about the humid days here had really changed, it was unheard to have humidity at low 20C, overcast and dry.  In the past in here we always get humidity that come during the end of the heatwave as it started with hot dry air then get humid but still full sunshine follow by thunderstorms.  Humidity was short lived and fresher dry air come quickly after the storms clear away.  

charts speaks from themselves, the sun packed its bags in the middle of july and went elsewhere (did return at the end of july for a look about but left again)

https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&WMO=03166&ART=SON&CONT=ukuk&R=310&LEVEL=150®ION=0003&LAND=UK&NOREGION=0&MOD=&TMX=&TMN=&SON=&PRE=&MONAT=&OFFS=&SORT=&MM=08&YY=2018&WEEK=12 

Temperature wise, all of july was hot, but august has cooled down to june temperatures, but without the sun so it feels a lot colder - certainly a lot wetter too, what was all that chat about droughts again?

https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&WMO=03166&ART=MAX&CONT=ukuk&R=310&LEVEL=150®ION=0003&LAND=UK&NOREGION=0&MOD=&TMX=&TMN=&SON=&PRE=&MONAT=&OFFS=&SORT=&MM=08&YY=2018&WEEK=12 

https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&WMO=03166&ART=PRE&CONT=ukuk&R=310&LEVEL=150®ION=0003&LAND=UK&NOREGION=0&MOD=&TMX=&TMN=&SON=&PRE=&MONAT=&OFFS=&SORT=&MM=08&YY=2018&WEEK=12 

I agree that data never lies, and that is why I also use data quite a lot to back up what I say as well.

On that note, I can say that you're right enough as far as sunshine is concerned because this month has been abysmally duller than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank where as at 3pm this afternoon, we have had 46.9% of the 1981-2010 August average for the amount of sunshine during this month so far. This in turn is now also making the whole of this summer slightly duller than average overall just now despite the fact that June and July were much sunnier than average (we currently need another 14.7 hours of sunshine between now and the end of this month in order for this summer to be summer than average overall) although with today being fairly sunny in addition to a fairly sunny day being forecast for tomorrow, I think that this summer will still end up being slightly sunnier than average in the end.

As for the temperatures, this month has been slightly warmer than average overall at all three of my local stations so far with an overall average anomaly of +0.2°C at both Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. However, the maximum temperatures during this month have been cooler than average here overall with an anomaly of -0.9°C at Edinburgh Gogarbank and -0.4°C at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. However, this has not been enough for it to have been anything other than warmer than average across the board during the summer as a whole.

As for rainfall, a total of 49.0 mm of rain has fallen during this month so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank. The 1981-2010 August average for that station is 67.8 mm and we only have a week to go until the end of the month. This means that it is looking likely that although this month has been wetter than the other summer months, this month is still looking likely to end up being slightly drier than average overall at Edinburgh Gogarbank. Having said that though, the botanic gardens in Edinburgh have been wetter than Edinburgh Gogarbank to the point where this month is already going to officially go down as a wetter than average month there.

As for the summer as a whole though, this has not been anywhere near enough to make up the overall deficit as just 76.0% of the 1981-2010 average rainfall has fallen during this summer so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with 78.4% at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh. Because of that, I don't think that we can completely dismiss all talks of a potential drought just because of what has happened during this month. We have been in an official absolute drought on a couple of occasions during this summer and if we were to then go on to experience what would then end up being our third drier than average winter in a row, I fear that those talks of a possible drought could well end up surfacing yet again.

My hideous August continues. After 10 sunless foggy and drizzly days. I've now experienced 2 days of torrential showers and hail. Thunder heard both days....that's more interesting and I have seen fleeting sunny spells at last. 13 C today though brrrrr....

For info I was in West Cumbria yesterday and Wharfedale, Yorkshire today

Today was the sunniest day in eight days and what did it have? Torrential showers totalling 6mm and a max of only 15.3C which is in keeping with the rest of this dreadful week. Just 11.3C at the moment 

Last Saturday is the only day to reach average out of the past eight and it had less than 2 hours sun. The highest temperature since then has been 17.1C and that was recorded at 5:30am  on Wednesday. Pretty much unheard of to see the the highest temperatures recorded at that time of day except during a hideous mild spell in winter which is what this week has felt like

Last decent summer thunderstorm was 1st July 2015.

Thunder wise, it has been even worse than last year and that was bad. I can't see any thunder prospects for the rest of this summer. So unless we get some autumnal thunder, 2018 is going to be up there with 2010.

I sympathise. Although there have been quite a number of thunderstorms across the southeast, they've been very local and have given Chichester a miss. There was one exception, but to add insult to injury, that was the evening we were on our way back from London and by the time we got home, the storm had moved over to Portsmouth.

Last time I saw was June 2016 when I was living in Langley and was right over head our flat and how loud every time the thunder made.  It also knock off the internet service for a while.  Otherwise I haven't see any decent one since then.  Normally in Epsom area it averaged around 10 times per year and that usually come either May or June then 2-3 times in each July and August and once more in September.  Not often September and May get it but always around 10 per summer.  August is the month that i haven't seen any decent thunderstorms for many many years now due to coolness, always unsettled and bland.

This has to be the worst run of Sundays I can ever remember. Not just in summer but at any time of year. Actually don't know why I said that because this vile season is the only one where you get an endless run of dire dull, sunless weekend days. Any other time if year it's a mix of sunny/wet/cloudy/dry.

Yesterday was the only sunny weekend day in the entire second half of this summer and it was like a fine day in October. Max of only 15.4C and couldn't stay completely dry but that's still as good as it's got this month 

Today is a complete write-off like three out of the previous four Sundays. It's a putrid slice of November hell. Windy, cold and sunless. Just 11.2C. Had 0.6mm of drizzly rain and it looks set to get even worse later on

This has to be a contender for most abysmal summer day ever in the UK. I see nowhere on the latest satellite image that isn't under cloud cover which is just unreal for summer. On previous occasions when there's been something like this Shetland has been in clearer skies. God only knows what the highest sunshine total is going to be today.

Northern Ireland should get a few hours later on this afternoon.

I don't know what the weather was like for the UK as a whole, but on 3 June 2012 we had a max of 9C with heavy rain all day. You can't get worse than that in summer. Can't imagine it was much better elsewhere either.

Today will be dreadful but let's remember that this is the UK and horrendous summer days have not been in short supply throughout history.

That is true but it's got to be unusual for every part of the country to be obliterated by cloud. Often on the worst days the sunniest parts tend to be places that normally get the worst weather such as Shetland or somewhere in the west of Scotland.

There was some sunny spells here on 3rd June 2012 but it was very cool. I recorded 6.9 hours of sun but a max of only 11.9C.

No doubt those on Netweather will be telling us what a wonderful afternoon it is though and how days like this are good for us all in summer.

Having those temperatures today doesn't mean anything for winter in this country as those temps can reach similar levels by then. Just wasting time of what we got remaining summer season left.  

as I’ve said before if I’m attending an outdoor event I’d rather cloudy and 22c than sunny and 15c. The former is pleasantly warm enough for shorts and tshirt the other isn’t, and that’s how I personally measure a summer, mainly because I go to loads of outdoors events in the summer months all over the uk. Summer 2018 may not have delivered you many 14hr sunny days at the weekend but there been plenty of dry and warm ones. 

A day for wellies and waterproofs.

Roger

Don't mind the rain as that'll be good for the lawn and am appreciating the freshness, but am already bored of this strong in-your-face southerly gale howling straight in from the Channel.

That may be your preference but it certainly isn't mine. Had a great day yesterday. Spent most of it outdoors. Enjoyed a walk along St Andrews beach then caught some sun down at the harbour in Elie. Max was only 15.4C here but may have been a couple of degrees warmer down there. Miles better than last Saturday which had a maximum of 20.7C but was cloudy most of the day. Sat out for a brief period in the garden but as soon as the sun went it felt too cool and the grey skies were useless for photography.

It wasn't warm enough for shorts but then neither is 22C with overcast skies as far as I'm concerned.

In any case there has not been plenty of dry and warm weekends. It's rained every weekend in the second half. Here's a summary with the days I considered acceptable asterisked.

21st July: Overcast and cool with some drizzle. Max: 16.4C. Sun: 0.0hrs, Rain: 0.4mm

*22nd July: Hot and sunny morning but mainly overcast in the afternoon. Max: 27.6C, Sun: 6.3hrs, Rain:0mm

28th July: Wet and cool washout during the day. Sunny evening. Max: 17.7C, Sun: 5.2hrs, Rain: 10.4mm

29th July: Early morning sun then cool, wet washout. Max: 14.9C, Sun: 3.8hrs, Rain: 8.2mm

4th August: Warm but very little sun. Max: 21.8C, Sun:0.4hrs, Rain:0mm

*5th August: Warm with hazy sun, clouding over later with rain by late evening. Max: 20.8C, Sun: 6.0hrs, Rain: 0.2mm

11th August: Cool and mostly cloudy with some sunny spells. Max: 16.8C, Sun: 4.3hrs, Rain: 0mm

12th August: Cool, drizzly washout. Max: 15.2C, Sun: 0.9hrs, Rain: 1.2mm

18th August: Cloudy, warm when the sun appeared. Max: 20.7C, Sun: 1.7hrs, Rain:0mm

19th August: Cool, wet, washout. Max: 15.8C, Sun: 0.0hrs, Rain: 4.0mm

*25th August: Sunny but cool. A couple of light showers. Max: 15.4C, Sun: 12.1hrs, Rain: 0.4mm

26th August: Another Sunday washout. Max: 13.4C, Sun: 0.1hrs, Rain: 1.2mm (so far)

I'm struggling to see much warm weather amongst that. Below average temperatures on 8 of the 12 days and cloudy and wet too. A dismal run of extremely depressing weekends that could have come straight out summer 2007 or 2012. Disgusting