One could briefly sum up the UK climate, wet wet wet. How else would the British have found time to invent so many games? Some years it seems like there were no really nice hot summer days, others, it is really great. No wonder they love their Mediterranean holidays, sometimes the sun disappears for weeks, even less of it in the Winter. In general, it is a mild climate, not too cold and not too hot, lacking in excitement without a tornado, blizzard, or hurricane to liven things up. (Though you might feel the odd earthquake every few years.) The seasons are the same as in North America.

It seems that in the winter, it’s cloudy and mostly drizzles 6 days out of 7 (and the rest of the year, 4.5 days out of 7, on average). In the Midlands, there hasn’t been much more than a few dustings of snow over the 2.5 years. Scotland however, in the North, is colder, and they do get good snows in the winter. You can expect an inch or two occasionally in the South, just enough to bring the country to a standstill. Midlands often averaged mid to low 40’s (F), with a Christmas cold snap of 32 F / 0 C, below at night. The winds(gales) can be very strong as well, making it feel even colder, making eerie sounds in the chimney.

In the spring, it’s still wet but not as bad as the Winter, mid to upper 50’s (F), good strong sunshine occaisionally.

In Summer - cool and mild, averages in the mid 60’s to lower 70’s (F). An occasional spell of real heat up to 85, but rarely higher.

Fall - about the same as the Spring really.

In general again, you won’t hear a good shaking thunder very often or see much lightning, but there are a lot of rainbows, as the weather is often what they like to call “unsettled” and changes by the hour.