Since we have just entered a brand new season which is the summer of 2022, I thought that I might as well get this thread underway.

There is another thread on here where the prospects for this summer are being discussed and in that thread, I am seeing a lot of discussion about the possibility of this being a poor summer overall due to northern blocking and if that ends up happening, this thread will no doubt be very busy as a result and of course, I will also be expecting the usual rants on here from Richardabdn which are very often, a joy to read.

However this summer pans out though, this is the very place for those rants but if you are happy about how this summer is going and want to boast about that, this is also the place for that.

Not looking great if this is the best we can expect. From BBC weather for Dorset.

Sunday is expected to be a cloudy day with showers moving in at times from the south, and drier intervals in between. Showers may be thundery in places. Monday will be a drier and brighter day with sunny spells, but a few light showers will develop in the afternoon. A similar day on Tuesday with sunny spells, patchy cloud and a few scattered afternoon showers. Trending milder.

Not hotter or even warmer just milder. 

Looks pretty horrendous to be honest - and typical of this God-forsaken country.

I am anticipating a write off summer (again)!

Go on Moomin write it off.  Actually it hasn't been all that bad here but it's a struggle to reach the magic 21C this year.

Having worked in the tropics they're not all they're cracked up to be either. Heat, Humidity, Pestilence you name it, I even had malaria. There were many times I dreamt of the fresher days in the UK. Fine if you like sitting on a beach but then the sandflies can make life hell and risk bringing back boils that take forever to go. And don't even think of the snakes on a tropical isle....

Perhaps that's why Dorset is Gods Country?

Plenty of time for a decent summer yet its 3rd June😋.

Here in Edinburgh, the temperatures are already refusing to rise and the temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 10am this morning was still stuck at around 10°C.

In fact, it actually feels quite chilly out there just now to such an extent that I have had to put a jumper on when I am out and about, which is not something which I would expect to be having to do in what is supposed to be our "summer".

When you lived in the south of Edinburgh, you were often the first person to report any thunderstorms within the vicinity of this area before I was able to spot them myself.

On that note, it's nice to see that you have had a thunderstorm in the Lakes already just recently and so, you have at least had some interesting weather to report recently which is more than what I can see about here in Edinburgh which hardly ever gets any "interesting" weather any more.