These threads are usually always popular during any particular season, especially during the summer and winter and there are certain members of this forum such as Richard from Aberdeen who excel in terms of the content which they post in these threads. For that reason and since we have just entered the start of the meteorological summer, I think that is is now the best time to start this particular summer moaning there although you can also gloat about what is happening if you feel the need to do that for any particular reason.

Originally Posted by: marco 79

Bit of a gloat for the southern and eastern contingent for today and to a minor extent tomorrow ...

Bit of a moan from this member of the SE contingent - it's going to be hot, humid and what little wind there is will be blowing from a direction which is utterly useless, as my house doesn't have any windows facing due south. It'll be an air-con day, that's for sure!

(And too unpleasant to mow the lawn, that'll have to wait until Monday by the looks of it. I tend to sweat buckets when mowing even when it's 20C, let alone the mid to high 20s and humid with it. I know I could in theory just mow the lawn now, before it warms up, but I'm not that uncaring to the neighbours!)

The first properly hot day of the year and of course it's a bloody SE thing. Originally it was supposed to be pretty good here, low 20s with some sun but naturally that got gradually downgraded and now it's cloudy with light rain. Pathetic, I hate the NW England climate, especially on days like this when the contrast is very sharp and just a couple of hunded miles away it's hot & sunny.

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray

Gloomy and damp in West Yorkshire. 16 C

Sounds lovely - at least you can do the gardening without getting zapped or exploding in a puddle of sweat!

(As predicted, there's only the faintest puff of wind here and the house is an inferno - 29.5C in the back bedroom, for example, which faces east! Not long until the air-con goes on...)

Well almost a perfect summer's day here 

At least it was until a short while ago when it clouded over

And now the air is thick with acrid blue smoke and the smell of barbecue lighter fuel 

Originally Posted by: Col

The first properly hot day of the year and of course it's a bloody SE thing. Originally it was supposed to be pretty good here, low 20s with some sun but naturally that got gradually downgraded and now it's cloudy with light rain. Pathetic, I hate the NW England climate, especially on days like this when the contrast is very sharp and just a couple of hunded miles away it's hot & sunny.

👍I hear you. Pretty much the same here. Indeed, we find ourselves in this situation even more often than you i.e. dull and damp conditions while our near neighbours enjoy blazing sunshine. 

Originally Posted by: Caz

A gloat from me then!  It was a lovely summer day here with temps in the mid 20’s all day.  Hazy sunshine for a couple of hours early afternoon but sunny thereon.  A very warm and stuffy night though and 19c now!  

I think we should have seperate moaning & gloating threads....

Actually yesterday wan't all that bad. There was some light rain in the morning but afterwards there was some brightness and it got to 19.7C which is still quite warm for the time of year. I was just venting off about the contrast with the SE, call it 'weather envy' if you like!