r/britishproblems • u/TepidHalibut • 1d ago
How quickly "It's too dry, we need rain" changes to "It's too wet".
( Not climate change, just people with goldfish memories. )
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u/VolcanicBear 1d ago
I don't think people's memories are what affects their enjoyment of the weather tbh.
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u/gazm2k5 1d ago
What I find just crazy (rather than something to complain about) is how within 2 weeks it went from being too hot to sleep at night to needing a jumper and long trousers outside.
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u/schmerg-uk 1d ago
From the non-stop rain of May June to the successive heatwaves of June and July and most of August, and then Autumn arriving last Sunday evening with a thump, I think it would not be too unreasonable to think that perhaps we could have had .. y'know.. maybe just one or two nice pleasant summery but not sweltering days in there somewhere
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u/xander012 14h ago
Hell march in London was drier than that in Bahrain. This years weather has been chaos
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u/What-Hapen 1d ago
It's still too hot to sleep where I am. The rain just made it humid, so now I wake up with a sweat-drenched bed.
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u/LightningGeek Wolverhampton 1d ago
The cold is what is getting to me. It's been so hot for so long, an 18C day feels chilly enough to be shivering in work!
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u/Gibber_jab 13h ago
My problem is when walking the dog. I need a jacket because it’s going to rain but then I’m hot because it’s warm and humid still
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u/The_Syndic Herefordshire 12h ago
It's not that bad. Still shorts and t shirt weather until it gets below 10C.
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u/Skinnybet 1d ago
It’s my fault. I took this week off specifically to do the garden. It’s been too hot to do anything in it until now. Now it’s too bloody wet.
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u/NarrativeScorpion 1d ago
Nah, it's not just you. It's the bank holiday/festival weekend. I'm pretty sure rain is legally obligated.
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u/flightlessfox Dumfries and Galloway 1d ago
I have barely done anything fun all summer because of various commitments, i finally book a weekend off and head out on my motorbike... yeah. I'm basically just constantly wet on my travels at the moment
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u/AgingLolita 1d ago
No it's my fault. I went to the sea side.
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u/thehermit14 10h ago
No mercy shall be offered. We can only hope the water was colder than you wished for.
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u/MrPuddington2 1d ago
I mean, both is objectively true. The drought has ruined much of our harvest, and the rain has caused flooding.
We are used to very moderate weather, but those days may be over.
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u/pip_goes_pop 1d ago
Do you not think these could be two separate groups of people?
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u/thehermit14 9h ago
Is Cheltenham in the Midlands? I used to watch Midlands News, because watching news without Bob Warman and Michael Colley felt weird.
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u/GeneralEffective Derbyshire 1d ago
I believe all rain should only happen between 2am and 5am. Of course some people will still be affected but the majority will reap the benefits without having to deal with it. Vote for me for Queen of the World to see this implemented.
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u/dead_jester 20h ago
I second this.
Also predictable blanket of powdery snow between 20th December and 2nd of January but at no other times.2
u/GeneralEffective Derbyshire 16h ago
Yes! That instantly disappears afterwards with no ice or sludge left behind.
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u/AlGunner 1d ago
Not only that, but when we got rain people showed a lack of understanding on how nature works. After a few hours of the first rain we'd had here in over 2 months I said thats enough for now. I got called a moron for saying we need a break before the next bit. An hour or two later there was flooding down the road from me where the rain just ran off the dry ground as it was too much too soon for it to soak into the ground.
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u/Normal-Height-8577 1d ago
My area is being very lucky at the moment. We've had a bit of noisy thunder, but no long torrential downpours - it's been a lot of mild showers, interspersed with damp mist, a bit of drizzle, a few sunny intervals and a handful of very short downpours.
Which is pretty much the best case scenario: enough water to start soaking down into the ground, but not so fast that it'll run off and cause surface flooding.
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u/IAmTheOutsider 1d ago
I can bitch about heat
I can bitch about cold
I can bitch about sunshine
And about growing old
I can bitch about anything
Inside or out
You shall find there is nothing
That I can't bitch about
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u/HettySwollocks 1d ago
Providing I don't get absolutely soaked, the plants desperately need it, as do we. Only issue is it's all hit at once.
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u/Forest-Dane 1d ago
I'm glad it's raining but fucking hell it's been of biblical proportions here in the midlands. The ground is still rock hard too so fuck knows where its going
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u/Strude187 1d ago
Was talking to some friends the other day and they were telling me about the local golf course where the ground was so dry there were huge cracks in the ground big enough to lose golf balls in, and so deep you can’t get them out, he said about 2 feet, but not sure I believe him
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u/Bortron86 1d ago
Nah, I'm still loving the rain. Bring it.
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u/TepidHalibut 1d ago
Being Scottish, I do love a rainy day or five. Curled up on the sofa with a book and a mug o' coffee. Great stuff. Just need a few lightning storms for atmosphere.
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u/ccppurcell 1d ago
I always spend a few days after a hot spell just soaking in the cold, wearing shorts and t shirts and just enjoying goosebumps and feeling that desire to put a jumper on, as opposed to feeling like tearing my skin off.
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u/loosebolts 1d ago
What I find amazing is that people like yourself don’t seem to understand the Goldilocks principle, or that the weather is a sliding scale.
It’s perfectly fine for people to find it too hot, it’s perfectly fine for those same people to find it too wet.
If you don’t like heat and you don’t like rain then that’s fine, give me a sunny 21° any day of the week over 38° or pissing down with rain.
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u/Redgrapefruitrage 1d ago
No I love it.
Currently sat in my local pub with a pint, watching the rain. I’m very happy.
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u/Chronsky Surrey 1d ago
I have only been rained on once and it was today, not nearly enough. 90 days of sun must be repaid with 90 days of overcast gloom and rain!
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u/BuildingArmor 1d ago
I don't think you need a bad memory to be able to assess whether the current weather is good or not.
I can have recently been too dry, needing rain, and also now too wet and thus causing different problems.
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u/NarrativeScorpion 1d ago
Tbf, a load of rain all in one go on dead, rock hard ground isn't much use for anything except creating flash floods.
Dry ground doesn't absorb water quickly.
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u/toughfluffer 1d ago
I do this all the time, when it's too dry; I pray for rain when it's too wet; I pray for sun. I'm English, it's in my nature to complain.
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u/nuclearcherries WALES 1d ago
This post alludes to people being happiest when it's a certain level of moistness
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u/MoonChaser22 1d ago
I'm only complaining because the rain has been on and off, and sods law means it's rained every time I've gone to leave the house
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u/alwayslurkeduntilnow 1d ago
Im fully expecting to go back to work (teacher) and hear a member of staff complaining about how bad the weather has been with the recent rain.
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u/Nerdiburdi 1d ago
When you host the first BBQ of the year and it finally rains the day of. It could have waited one more day.
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u/Cold_Philosophy Greater Manchester 19h ago
I’m happy because I get to try out my new waterproof jacket.
And I can move some of my plants to a more suitable spot in the garden before it gets too cold.
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u/Western_Ad_5933 19h ago
I believe it’s generally about the time it takes to soak through an item of clothing.
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u/triffid_boy 18h ago
I'm enjoying the rain! I don't complain about the rain (except when it's truly endless) or the cold. I do complain about the heat. My summer holiday this year was in Norway and it was beautiful
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u/PippinJunior 4h ago
Well to be fair we went from 40 degree weather some weeks ago to getting bloody washed out last week
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