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

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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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...

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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Looks really sunny at Aberdeen

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

 

Richard, any comment?

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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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. 

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.

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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 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. 

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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