why is the weather so crap in england?
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The weather in Britain is temperate. Being an island and the effect of the Gulf Stream means that the UK is protected from the majority of the weather extremes.\n\nThe weather is varied and unpredictable. So we always have something to help to make polite small talk.\n\nHurricanes, Cyclones, tornados and Typhoons are all but unheard of in these Islands. We rarely have snow (But when we do we just close down for a day or two).\n\nIt rarely gets too hot to go outside and almost never too cold.\n\nWe get fogs that add mystery to our streets. We get dawn mists that add beauty to our countryside. We have clouds that have inspired the greatest artists. We have sunsets that defy description.\n\nYou can describe our weather so many ways, but you can never say it's crap.
125605
Completely wrong.\nThere's not habitual clothes taking off for any weather staff. It happens in other European countries nearly Russia.
398475
You're living in England cause you like the weather?\n\nused to live in Serbia for a while because your ex was Serbian??
565183
I'm originally from the north of England. The weather there is usually pretty mild but it can swing from being severely cold in the winter to being unbearably humid in the summer. That means that the average person has to own a lot of different clothes to deal with different weather. In winter we would wear long coats usually with some form of hood or carry an umbrella as a matter of course in case it rained. Sometimes it  rains there for days at a time and it can be very drizzly or very heavy. In summer everyone wears light clothing and on the hottest, most humid days we would end up wearing shorts and very light shirts. We took going outside for granted. It was normal to want to be in the fresh air!\n\nI lived in San Francisco for three years. The weather there is an almost constant 55 degrees. This means having a smaller amount of clothing and only needing some sort of jacket for the slightly colder winter days. Most of my clothing consisted of shorts and light, short-sleeved shirts. At the weekends the parks and public recreation areas would be completely full of people. The beaches around the area always filled up pretty quickly, even in the fall.\n\nI currently live in Las Vegas. The weather here affects every aspect of our lives. Because the temperature often reaches above 100 degrees, sometimes as high as 125 degrees, people tend to avoid going outside for long periods. People literally get in their cars to go somewhere inside where it's cool, get on with their business, and then get back in the car and go home. Any outdoor activity can be quite unbearable. Parks tend to be crowded in the early hours and after 5:00pm. It is insane to be outdoors in the mid-day heat. Drivers here tend to be on the insane side. People drive way too fast and I believe it has a lot to do with the unbearable hear. Sitting in a car can be most unpleasant, especially one that's been sitting in the sun for a few hours. Another way that people are affected here is because of the dryness. There is usually almost no humidity at all and coupled with the dust this makes for a very bad situation if you suffer from allergies. I've had a few reactions myself and I never suffered before. One way of avoiding the heat in the city is to make day trips to surrounding areas such as Mount Charleston where it tends to be 10-20 degrees cooler. I have to wear formal clothing for my job and I hate it. There are days when it's like sitting in a bath after I've been outside for a considerable time. My boss refers to it as, "sweating bullets." The heat makes for expensive living too as air conditioning is constantly on, in the office, at home, and in the car. During the winter in Las Vegas the temperature can be quite bearable an not too cold. This is when the parks see the most use and people will actually spend more time outside. It's actually exciting when it starts to rain, although we suffer from serious flooding in winter and people die.\n\nI have a couple of friends who are Canadian and they tell me stories of having to switch on their car engine block heaters to prevent damage. I'm sure there are areas in the north of the USA and Canada where it's normal to wear a coat everywhere they go and to want to be indoors for completely the opposite reason that we do. When I was in Chicago I found it interesting how my ears actually burned from being outside. I don't think I've ever experienced temperatures quite that low anywhere.\n\n--\nsf
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My girlfriend is Russian and so having just asked her this question, here is the response.  Most of England is a very beautiful place with liberal ideas and a functioning police force.  Though she wasn't happy that clubs don't stay open all night like in Russia.  As for the weather, she doesn't miss the freezing winters, but summers suck in UK.  Summers in Russia are very warm, its nice.  The first thing Russians think of about Britain is the queen and then Sherlock Holmes, she added
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England Sucks. They are obviously winning by luck
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It's incredibly windy here in Skelmanthorpe in West Yorkshire....just had to rescue one of my bamboo plants which had been blown over...and it's in a big pot too!\n11:15 pm
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I think you will enjoy your stint in the UK. The weather is quite wet but not in a torrential way - the climate is rather soft and pleasant. You can enjoy day-trips to London, Bristol, Wales and even travel up to Scotland. There's plenty to soak up in sight-seeing and culture immersion. Happy for you!
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maybe its the climate....
506547
You can thank the upper-air weather pattern for all the rain. I'm a storm chaser from Texas and these blocked patterns (upper ridge over the Rockies and upper trough over the Atlantic states) spell disaster for us looking for tornadoes across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. We constantly stay dry, and you guys constantly stay wet. Until the pattern changes to a more traditional West to East flow and can kick these blocked troughs / ridges out of here, we're in for more of the same.
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I've seen the forecast for tonight, it looks as if we might be in for a bit of a blow! What really worries me is that Meridian News, our region's local TV station, had a live report on the weather from Margate................I live in Margate, and if they think weather is going to be so bad that they need a film crew here, I'm afraid......very afraid!
12339
You probably would have been better off just checking a weather site to get this info.  Sorry...
614382
Depends on the weather; I'm not flying a kite in the middle of a thunderstorm whilst wearing copper shorts and shouting "God is a wanker". That would not be wise...
975357
Sounds cool...what's the weather like in March in S Wales?
455956
Try this link: www.spanish-realty.co.uk/weather.htm
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You have to constantly change your clothes to adapt to the weather.This ultimately affects your life.
514927
Better weather in SA????