A weather forecast

A weather forecast

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Hello and good morning! Well, we're off to a good start in the south this week, as most of the rain from the weekend has disappeared – just a few patches of cloud and maybe some showers here on the east coast. They'll all clear up by lunchtime, though. Over the next day or so, London and the area around Kent can expect a couple of isolated showers, but mostly dry through until Thursday.

It's not such good news for the north-west this week, I'm afraid: more wet weather, and not a lot of sunshine. Some of today's showers will be heavy – and even thundery in Manchester and across the Pennines. Leeds will escape the thunderstorms, with drizzle and light rain only throughout the rest of the day and tonight.

Elsewhere it becomes dry today, but with some foggy patches towards Wales. In England, tomorrow morning will see a dry, bright start in most places, with high temperatures throughout the week. We might see one or two thunderstorms appearing as the week goes on, with temperatures everywhere at 29 to 30 degrees. 

By the weekend, unfortunately, the dry weather will make way for mostly cloudy skies and rain. The rain will move from Scotland, down towards the north and reach the south coast by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures, at least, will stay mostly warm at around 21 degrees for the weekend. It might feel like a nice change from the high twenties and early thirties we'll see in the week. That's all from me until tomorrow. Enjoy the mini-heatwave while you can!

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Submitted by ABONHR on Tue, 14/07/2026 - 13:17

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I prefer winter. Most of the year in the Middle East is really hot and dry weather, with high temperatures that goes above 40 degrees Celsius. So when winter comes it means that life came back again for us.

Submitted by Bajalan on Sat, 04/07/2026 - 16:49

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In fact, I prefer cool weather with some drizzle rain like in the beginning of fall. It looks calm and romance rather than hot weather or heatwave in the summer is nerve-wracking. As some studies show that weather can be affected on human mood and reflected the feeling accordingly the weather conditions. 

Submitted by cittàutopica on Tue, 30/06/2026 - 12:10

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I don't have any preferences, also because I live in a region with a Mediterraneam climate, without overstated meteorological phenomena.

Submitted by Carmen1973 on Fri, 26/06/2026 - 17:41

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My favourite season is autumn, when the days are usually sunny, although there can sometimes be clouds  in the sky. The temperature is normally around 20 degrees during the day, and occasionally it rains lightly. At night, the temperature drops, and it becomes the perfect weather for sleeping.

Submitted by bluebearychan on Fri, 26/06/2026 - 16:09

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My best weather is a little hot weather between spring and summer. 
Not so hot but not many mosquitos yet. 
I can feel nice with cold water and kids,plants and bugs are happy with nice weather.

Then I can be happy with them too!

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Submitted by miguelbelt19 on Thu, 11/06/2026 - 16:20

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My best weather it is spring , although here in my country we don't have seasons. But I prefer warm weather. 

Submitted by PEKO on Sat, 30/05/2026 - 11:11

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I like warm and dry weather, which temperature is around 20 to 23, not too hot or cold. Just like Spring or early autumn, you can enjoy both sunshine and comfortable winds.

Submitted by eshagh on Fri, 08/05/2026 - 20:37

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I like spring , not to much cold, and you can feel the heatwave . and some times it can be cloudy and drizzle 

Submitted by MaeFly237 on Wed, 29/04/2026 - 22:38

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My best weather IS it rain Season because there IS cool and i liké it