| What is going on with the weather then? 20:17 - Jun 30 with 5150 views | Dubtractor |
Multiple days with the temperature over 30 degrees in June.
Barely any rain in 3 months - all the streams near me are bone dry.
This isn't normal at all!
My lawn has been mostly dead for weeks now, the veg patch only surviving as I'm watering it 2 or 3 times a week.
I can only assume farmers are having real concerns about the crops they are going to get this year too.
As far as I can see there has been minimal (if any) coverage of how weird the weather has been.
Anyone else bothered by this sort of thing? |  |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 05:59 - Jul 1 with 889 views | Swansea_Blue |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 00:46 - Jul 1 by NthQldITFC |
That would require a responsible political establishment planning and acting on behalf of the country beyond the short term news cycle, let alone beyond a term of parliament or two. |
It looks like your prayers have been answered then - https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/06/30/ex-reform-deputy-launches-new-party-t
Should be of interest to a few on here, unfortunately! |  |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 06:02 - Jul 1 with 876 views | Swansea_Blue |
“Anyone else bothered by this sort of thing?”
Just a few of us, but hardly anyone’s listening. It’s the largest challenge facing us and all of life on the planet (and things get even worst when you factor in our pollution and habitat destruction). But look, there’s a forriner over there who’s the real problem! 👀 | |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 06:32 - Jul 1 with 846 views | tcblue |
Having more lunatic far right parties to splinter the gammon vote is a good thing in FPTP. |  | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 06:41 - Jul 1 with 834 views | WeWereZombies |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 06:32 - Jul 1 by tcblue |
Having more lunatic far right parties to splinter the gammon vote is a good thing in FPTP. |
But even better would be a social environment of enlightened political discussion where almost everyone discounted conspiracy theories and extremist views to concentrate on the vital issues that face us. |  |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 07:04 - Jul 1 with 802 views | tcblue |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 06:41 - Jul 1 by WeWereZombies |
But even better would be a social environment of enlightened political discussion where almost everyone discounted conspiracy theories and extremist views to concentrate on the vital issues that face us. |
Gonna have to switch the internet off for that | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 07:14 - Jul 1 with 786 views | WeWereZombies |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 07:04 - Jul 1 by tcblue |
Gonna have to switch the internet off for that |
Not all of the internet, just the endless repetition part that never interfaces with what we can discern from face to face conversation and personal observation of physical events. | |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 07:40 - Jul 1 with 719 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 03:29 - Jul 1 by baxterbasics |
If I just stop eating steak and pay a little more tax on my diesel, this will all go away right?
Right? |
We’ll be fine - our ‘environmentalist’ King has just ditched the Royal train…for erm two helicopters. | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:36 - Jul 1 with 666 views | jayessess |
Feels like in this country climate change has moved from "are you going to believe all these scientists?" into "are you going to believe your own eyes, senses and memory?" territory.
Unbelievably we still have people answering No to the second question. [Post edited 1 Jul 9:51]
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:40 - Jul 1 with 658 views | Pinewoodblue |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:36 - Jul 1 by jayessess |
Feels like in this country climate change has moved from "are you going to believe all these scientists?" into "are you going to believe your own eyes, senses and memory?" territory.
Unbelievably we still have people answering No to the second question. [Post edited 1 Jul 9:51]
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I was reminded yesterday that despite all this talk of global warming the highest temperature recorded in UK in June was almost 50 years ago. |  |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:42 - Jul 1 with 652 views | itfcsuth |
It's hot, that's what's going on. |  | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:50 - Jul 1 with 637 views | tcblue |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:40 - Jul 1 by Pinewoodblue |
I was reminded yesterday that despite all this talk of global warming the highest temperature recorded in UK in June was almost 50 years ago. |
I got out of the bath last week and I was slightly chilly | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:59 - Jul 1 with 623 views | NthQldITFC |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:40 - Jul 1 by Pinewoodblue |
I was reminded yesterday that despite all this talk of global warming the highest temperature recorded in UK in June was almost 50 years ago. |
That's the sort of incidental cherry picking that enables stupid and/or irresponsible people to self-justify continuing to ignore forests of data and decades of proper, heavy-duty science.
Brainless and lemming-like. |  |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 10:31 - Jul 1 with 586 views | Dubtractor |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:40 - Jul 1 by Pinewoodblue |
I was reminded yesterday that despite all this talk of global warming the highest temperature recorded in UK in June was almost 50 years ago. |
Yes, and that year was a massive outlier, rather than a long term trend. | |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 11:03 - Jul 1 with 540 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 00:13 - Jul 1 by StokieBlue |
Climate change is going to affect the UK in different ways in each season.
Modelling seems to indicate hot and dry summers like we are starting to see but the winter is predicted to be warmer but with more rain and more extreme rain events.
With some engineering expenditure the government could look to capture that excess of water for use in the summer but I guess this is unlikely.
SB |
Indeed. The seasons are much less defined than in the past.
Strange things happening to the native plants also. I speak from experience as I’ve tended gardens in the Suffolk/Norfolk area for the better part of 50 years and it’s certainly getting more difficult to plan ahead because of the weather patterns changing.
Expect to see more non indigenous plants and insects taking hold here in the future. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 11:03 - Jul 1 with 544 views | StokieBlue |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 09:40 - Jul 1 by Pinewoodblue |
I was reminded yesterday that despite all this talk of global warming the highest temperature recorded in UK in June was almost 50 years ago. |
That's a fact.
Nothing more and certainly absolutely nothing to do with climate change and you shouldn't frame it as such.
SB |  | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 12:36 - Jul 1 with 460 views | glasso |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 20:36 - Jun 30 by Dubtractor |
I mean, you can make silly comments if you want, but if you look at the trend line for the various charts for Summer temperatures in the UK it tells a pretty stark story. (change the period covered in the drop down menu)
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-temperature-rainf
Yes, 1976 was hot, as you old timers constantly like to remind us, but it was also a bit of an anomaly. [Post edited 30 Jun 20:37]
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I love how people wheel out '76 as if it completely negates the possibility of climate change.
A year that was comfortably after the industrial revolution and so, despite people not knowing about it at the time, was probably a sign that climate change was already happening.
And then ignoring the actual facts and stats that show it's happening more regularly and with more disastrous consequences as time goes on.
But "I was cold one winter in 1994 and there was a whole week of sun in 2003 so this is just normal" | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:30 - Jul 1 with 422 views | baxterbasics |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 04:13 - Jul 1 by Dubtractor |
Whilst this is obviously a touch facetious, I have long held the view that 'fixing' this can't be down to individuals (though it can help), but can only really be done by joined up thinking and policy from global governments.
We're fooked, aren't we? |
Well herein lies the problem.
Most people, myself included, don't react well to being told by those in charge that we can't have nice things, or that we have to pay a little more for them. 5p for your Tesco shopping bag quickly becomes 30p. Fields that might have previously been used to grow food become solar or windfarms, food becomes scarcer. It's ok they say, we can eat bugs. No thanks.
All seems to put the burden on the poorer masses whilst the wealthy and those that make the rules can continue living as they always have - eating their steaks on the private jet. The proposed solution always seems to be tied in with more socialism, more authoritarianism. I'm not going to vote for that.
So maybe we are fooked, or at least we are left hoping science, engineering and private enterprise can come up with more convenient solutions. Maybe whatever action we take at this point, the planet will do what it's gonna do. |  |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:37 - Jul 1 with 408 views | glasso |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:30 - Jul 1 by baxterbasics |
Well herein lies the problem.
Most people, myself included, don't react well to being told by those in charge that we can't have nice things, or that we have to pay a little more for them. 5p for your Tesco shopping bag quickly becomes 30p. Fields that might have previously been used to grow food become solar or windfarms, food becomes scarcer. It's ok they say, we can eat bugs. No thanks.
All seems to put the burden on the poorer masses whilst the wealthy and those that make the rules can continue living as they always have - eating their steaks on the private jet. The proposed solution always seems to be tied in with more socialism, more authoritarianism. I'm not going to vote for that.
So maybe we are fooked, or at least we are left hoping science, engineering and private enterprise can come up with more convenient solutions. Maybe whatever action we take at this point, the planet will do what it's gonna do. |
Climate change leads to food scarcity, poverty, war etc. It's literally going to stop you (or more likely your kids/grandchildren) from having nice things. | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:46 - Jul 1 with 384 views | Ryorry |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 04:17 - Jul 1 by Dubtractor |
So you're saying we should all move to Cornwall? I hear the locals are hugely welcoming of outsiders moving in.....
In all seriousness, I'm not sure to what extent what we're seeing in Suffolk is being repeated elsewhere, but I've not known a spring as dry as we've had here in my adult life. |
On the North Yorkshire Pennines, only just on the east side, we’ve had drought situation for four of the last five springs - only last year was the exception (exceptionally wet actually), with the others having literally no recordable rain for at least a month during March, April and May; and barely any during the other two months either.
1995 was similar, and one reservoir was so empty you could see old village buildings at the bottom flooded to create it. Reservoirs slightly better managed by YW now, but still regularly half empty. When you have Yorkshire people praying for rain it’s quite something! |  |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:50 - Jul 1 with 382 views | surreyblue |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 11:03 - Jul 1 by StokieBlue |
That's a fact.
Nothing more and certainly absolutely nothing to do with climate change and you shouldn't frame it as such.
SB |
It also seems to be wrong - according to Wikipedia it's not even in the top 10 hottest days and wasn't even the hottest day on record at the time.
Instead, half of the 10 hottest days since records began have been in the past 6 years, including 4 of the top 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_weather_records
Rank Temperature Date Place(s)
1* 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) 19 July 2022 Coningsby, Lincolnshire
2* 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) 25 July 2019 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
3* 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) 10 August 2003 Faversham, Kent
4 38.2 °C (100.8 °F) 18 July 2022 Pitsford, Northamptonshire[6]
5 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) 31 July 2020 Heathrow, Greater London
6* 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) 3 August 1990 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
7 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) 1 July 2015 Heathrow, Greater London
8* 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) 9 August 1911 Raunds, Northamptonshire
9 36.6 °C (97.9 °F) 2 August 1990 Worcester, Worcestershire
10 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) 19 July 2006 Wisley, Surrey | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:53 - Jul 1 with 376 views | stonojnr |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 21:03 - Jun 30 by vapour_trail |
I flew back into Stansted yesterday.
Not a lot of green down there as I peered out of my window at Sussex on the way back in, a lot of brown fields, and it’s still June.
This is the future though. No rain and no joking about women drivers.
World has gone to sh1t. |
I can't remember who it was but some z list celeb posted the same thing on twitter few years back.
Had to be reminded we predominately grow crops of barley & wheat, most of which doesn't make the ground look that green from the air this time of year.
It's summer, of course it's hot, clearly everyone forgets the summer of 2020, even 2019 was pretty hot as I recall in June too. | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 14:08 - Jul 1 with 359 views | jayessess |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:30 - Jul 1 by baxterbasics |
Well herein lies the problem.
Most people, myself included, don't react well to being told by those in charge that we can't have nice things, or that we have to pay a little more for them. 5p for your Tesco shopping bag quickly becomes 30p. Fields that might have previously been used to grow food become solar or windfarms, food becomes scarcer. It's ok they say, we can eat bugs. No thanks.
All seems to put the burden on the poorer masses whilst the wealthy and those that make the rules can continue living as they always have - eating their steaks on the private jet. The proposed solution always seems to be tied in with more socialism, more authoritarianism. I'm not going to vote for that.
So maybe we are fooked, or at least we are left hoping science, engineering and private enterprise can come up with more convenient solutions. Maybe whatever action we take at this point, the planet will do what it's gonna do. |
"All seems to put the burden on the poorer masses whilst the wealthy and those that make the rules can continue living as they always have - eating their steaks on the private jet. The proposed solution always seems to be tied in with more socialism"
You live in a capitalist society, the rich and powerful doing what they like, eating steaks on their private jet, is literally the aim of the whole system! | |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 14:08 - Jul 1 with 357 views | StokieBlue |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 13:50 - Jul 1 by surreyblue |
It also seems to be wrong - according to Wikipedia it's not even in the top 10 hottest days and wasn't even the hottest day on record at the time.
Instead, half of the 10 hottest days since records began have been in the past 6 years, including 4 of the top 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_weather_records
Rank Temperature Date Place(s)
1* 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) 19 July 2022 Coningsby, Lincolnshire
2* 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) 25 July 2019 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
3* 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) 10 August 2003 Faversham, Kent
4 38.2 °C (100.8 °F) 18 July 2022 Pitsford, Northamptonshire[6]
5 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) 31 July 2020 Heathrow, Greater London
6* 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) 3 August 1990 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
7 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) 1 July 2015 Heathrow, Greater London
8* 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) 9 August 1911 Raunds, Northamptonshire
9 36.6 °C (97.9 °F) 2 August 1990 Worcester, Worcestershire
10 36.5 °C (97.7 °F) 19 July 2006 Wisley, Surrey |
Good work.
I didn't have time to check it.
SB | | | |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 14:14 - Jul 1 with 341 views | Dubtractor |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 11:03 - Jul 1 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Indeed. The seasons are much less defined than in the past.
Strange things happening to the native plants also. I speak from experience as I’ve tended gardens in the Suffolk/Norfolk area for the better part of 50 years and it’s certainly getting more difficult to plan ahead because of the weather patterns changing.
Expect to see more non indigenous plants and insects taking hold here in the future. |
Agree with all of this. I'm only a hobby gardener, but recognise these factors, so can imagine you must be very aware of it.
Slightly bemused by how many still seem to want to deny what their own eyes are showing them. | |
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| What is going on with the weather then? on 15:01 - Jul 1 with 310 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| What is going on with the weather then? on 14:14 - Jul 1 by Dubtractor |
Agree with all of this. I'm only a hobby gardener, but recognise these factors, so can imagine you must be very aware of it.
Slightly bemused by how many still seem to want to deny what their own eyes are showing them. |
It’s certainly becoming more difficult. I would imagine Bankster is finding the same too.
For example, and this is just one of several I could give, my season for planting native hedges, orchards and trees bare rooted would always start the first week of November through until the first week of April. In more recent years, the plants are still producing new growth, are fully leafed and not dormant. Plantings have been delayed by a month or more and due to much warmer spring conditions, the latest I’ll comfortably be happy to plant them is mid March so in effect losing up to six weeks. You then have the problem of keeping them alive during the first growing year so that is also impacting on things due to our lack of regular rainfall.
Gardening will have to adapt as I see it going forward using more drought tolerant plants. I’m not a doom merchant and there will be ways and means that become available, plant breeding etc but it’s most definitely real and here to stay. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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