Crap weather for May 2026

[Barry]

First day of May and the first glorious day of Summer.

8C, sunny in a blue cloudless sky. Expected to reach 23C mid-afternoon.

[Macca]

9C set to rise to 21C and comparatively low windspeed, it's looking good for once.

[rmcin626]

Cloudy 11c so far today

[Alex_UK]

First day of May and the first glorious day of Summer.

8C, sunny in a blue cloudless sky. Expected to reach 23C mid-afternoon.

Surely 1st June is the first day of (meteorological) summer? Or was that a joke that went over my head? [emoji846]

Lovely here (20c expected and no cloud at all). My clay pigeon shooting day with son Will tomorrow looks like it will be good weather but deteriorating rapidly for the planned evening BBQ! Thundery showers for Sunday, and of course gloomy grey and much colder for Bank Holiday Monday!

[Macca]

Clouded over here now but did have a walk in the sun.

Rain forecast for teatime. Let's see if it can manage it this time. Sunday is rain all day but Monday looks good.

[hifi_dave]

It's been a lovely sunny day so far.

Now to the moan - it's so dry. Something like 2mm of rain in April and it's taking it's toll on the lawn which is now about 20% brown.

[Barry]

Surely 1st June is the first day of (meteorological) summer? Or was that a joke that went over my head? [emoji846]

Oh Lord! - have I got it wrong again?

[Macca]

It's been a lovely sunny day so far.

Now to the moan - it's so dry. Something like 2mm of rain in April and it's taking it's toll on the lawn which is now about 20% brown.

You need some water butts. You've got rain due there on Sunday night so get out now and buy a couple.

When I had the allotment I had six of them. Would last about 4 weeks without rain but you won't need that much just for a lawn unless it's laid on top of rubble like they mostly are round here. A week without rain and it's all brown but that's pretty rare occurence.

[hifi_dave]

Unfortunately/fortunately we have a large garden with an awful lot of lawn. Water butts and cans just aren't practical unless it's to save a few plants. We need rain. Having said that, we back onto a largish field which this year has Winter Wheat and that is about 12 inches high and lush green. That doesn't get rain either.

[Barry]

You need some water butts. You've got rain due there on Sunday night so get out now and buy a couple.

When I had the allotment I had six of them. Would last about 4 weeks without rain but you won't need that much just for a lawn unless it's laid on top of rubble like they mostly are round here. A week without rain and it's all brown but that's pretty rare occurence.

What did you grow in your allotment Martin? I admire your endeavour: fresh grown vegetables are often much tastier and cheaper than those bought from a greengrocer.

BTW, I'm sure you know that a full size UK council allotments are 10 poles in size.