Same here I prefer we get warm to hot sunny weather then a thunderstorm and we was treated fairly too as the heat came last to here and finish last unlike heat spike we get last minute and finish first minute. France used to cool down a day before us cool down a day after as the storms move away. 

Had planned a last paddleboarding trip to Ullswater as the forecast was sunny with temps a reasonable 21-22c. Now the afternoon promises showers and temps pegged at a cool 19c

Anglesey looks better, but still not great.

No wonder everyone is cheerful down here 😎

Will see those sunny days from once September arrive but not those temps but mid 20s and high 20's tomorrow here expected.

I've put my overall rating for summer in the 'thoughts and discussions' thread.

Looks like you predicted well Jires. First day of September and already up to 29C by 13:45.  Very good chance of hitting 30C here today.

Yes I don’t expect today one but 7th seem the best chance for full sun and high 20s. Today a  lot cooler than last Friday which hit 24C. some people wearing light jackets as it chilly breeze and over cast.

29.3C but then there was a sudden switch in wind direction & strength causing a drop of about 4C and cloud to increase. I suspect somewhere down here will still hit 30C today.

Yes, but it's autumn now so I'm no longer bothered about that.

Even it get to near 30 I don’t want that bring clouds as I prefer wall to wall hot sunny days thst I always get here every year even poor summers past got them at some point.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cdd7pzdr22jo 

Includes a fair amount of Met Office data. Should help us in the south to understand why our friends in the north feel they've had a miserable summer - and vice versa.

Despite one or two on here insisting this was another notably hot summer, I think most of us knew it wasn’t. It hasn’t been awful, and there’s been a fair bit of dry weather, but a lack of notably hot spells has been very noticeable for most compared to more recent summers 

I didn't give the summer any more than 3 out of 10 in the statistics which I posted on the summer discussion thread that has now been moved from this forum into the classic threads forum.

Those Met Office statistics fully back up my reasons for doing so because in order for me to be able to say anything other than the fact that it wasn't much of a summer overall, it needs to be warmer than average in my books and that certainly wasn't the case.

That same scenario also applies to each winter as well except that for the winter, it needs to be colder than average in my books.

However, I did also notice that a number of members, especially those in the south of England marked the summer a lot higher than I did, and actually classed that as a fairly decent summer overall and I can equally fully understand their reasons for doing so.

This time they were right it was a coolest summer as majority of population did not see this isolated 35C compare to 1995, 2003, 2006 2018 was wide spread 35 plus temperatures under proper nationwide heatwaves with sunny days. This summer is very poor one, very dull, no sunny days, no plus 30C temps only seen in Philippines for 2024 and no prolonged settled one. 0/10.

Even back in 2015 though, there was still an isolated heat spike which led to the temperature briefly getting into the 30s°C in SE England.

I completely hate those heat spikes, it very bad move even for a fun to get stupid 35C on 1st July 2015 and last month in Cambridge because you will get hit with days and days of cloudy weather which always happen before and after heat spikes.

This current heat spike is no exception as it now infected this early part of September from last month.   Hope this is very last heat spike and not to come back again future summers.   Seem very cold outside as only 20C in the conservatory but should expect to reach over 30C tomorrow with fresher air arrives.  Last over 30C was 35.5C last Friday under non-HP cell.

It's the average they're considering, which is reasonable, not an isolated peak  

There was one notably cold winter's day; mid December - I cycled to Stoke via the canal path and arrived as it began to snow (A "skiers folly" snow event).

Over the winter and early spring, the local Parkrun course was on the "B" route for about 3 months due to atypical flooding. I don't know the technical terms, but it was water "coming up", i.e. the water table was so high it caused a perpetual flood on the route.

The bike and walking routes were a bog for months (much longer than usual), then the undergrowth/overgrowth went mental.

Even now, where I'd expect Cannock Chase to be "blown out", it's "dry" but not "dry, dry" and it wont take many more days of rain (like yesterday) before the perma puddles form.

Been here about 8 years and never experienced such a cacky 12 months.

This summer has rarely been "hot" in comparisons to previous years and yes, there have been a (very) few dry weeks, but these have been book-ended with daily showers or outright downpours.

In my experience, its running up there with the 18 months of Autumn that was 2012/13.

Looking at 30 day forecast (yes, I know), it looks poor.

To the South East of Stafford is a low lying area I think is called Radford Meadows.

Over the winter it floods. This last winter and spring, it became an inland sea.

It took an extraordinarily long time to drain and, it seemed, there remained a small area flooded (or at least “very boggy”) up to about four weeks ago. Again, in our experience of Stafford, this seems unprecedented.

Basically, it’s been a cack summer. Really poop.

Posters in the South East clearly have had a very different experience, jammy gits.

We have had some pleasant days, but all too often these have occurred during the week when many of us are working so of no real benefit.

A lot of wind this summer. a. lot. of. wind. - I usually expect a few gusty days but the garden has been absolutely hammered.

A lot of cloud too, in fact i can scarcely remember a day this entire summer that has been 100% cloud free. Often days have either started, or ended cloudy. On many occassions i've settled in the garden, early evening, hoping to enjoy the last of the sun, or do some stargazing, only for mucky cloud to drift in and spoil the moment.

More rain than i can ever remember, too. My region was subject to some quite significant and localised rain with showers rolling in off the channel in ribbons. On numerous occassions these showers have been flowing directly over east sussex, and this isn't an isolated phenomenom, the weather has defaulted to this pattern often over the past 12months. The MetOffice figures published yesterday don't seem representative of my experiences, but they're very much national/regional averages so need to be viewed in context. The Environment Agency figures for rainfall seem far more accurate, with the LTA by summers end still around the 150% mark.

In summary its been a tolerable but forgettable summer. Wind aside the garden has benefitted from the ample rainfall and i've been largely pleased that i've not had to endure too many humid, sleepless nights, but just a couple of weekends with unbroken sun and settled weather would have been nice.

Edit - Reading Snowtastics summary above they could easily be writing about my home in the South East. I should add none of my dog walking routes dried up fully this year, which is unprecedented. Often i'd nip out in flip flops but its been almost exclusively wellies and walking boots all summer. Not sure who these South East posters are that had a better summer than me, but due to the local variations they could easily be 20miles east or west of me and have had a totally different season.

The latter half of the summer certainly has been "cack" and "really poop". The charts from the MetO prove it, too, the little island on which I live was sunnier than the nearby mainland (105-115% sun for summer, 110%-130% for August) and it's just typical - I hate heat, sun, and humidity and Sheppey has been a magnet for it.

Today has at least been a bit cloudier, and there was even a brief shower earlier! It's done nothing to stop the warmth, though, another effortless 25 today...

This view via my weather station is typical of the summer since the mid-July shift (note the PC stays on GMT year round):

https://ukwct.org.uk/weather/wx.jpg 

Yes, it's autumn now but summer continues apace. Hopefully tomorrow really will only reach the 20C that's forecast... it'd be nice to sleep in somewhere that wasn't a sauna.

Here's the MetO version of the charts as reported by the BBC - larger and more of them.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2024/uk-experiences-coolest-summer-since-2015