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Are there any amateur meteorologists out there that can, with some credibility, forecast this year's summer in UK? For every year since 1999 the Marmora family, have taken summer holidays in Cornwall. We've had 4 good fortnights, three average but the last two were diabolical.


Am considering reversing family tradition and going where the sun shines for sure - but ......... some have said that this year's hard winter, berries on the holly, late daffodils all point to a great summer. Can I rely on this kind of thinking?


Any views??

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We normally go abroard for summer hols, but with the credit crunch and the weak ? against the Euro we will have our annual holiday in England. I would be very interested in what the weather will be like this summer.

Last year it seemed to rain constantly and i could count the days/evenings i sat out in the garden on the fingers of one hand.

Indeed it was lovely today. Seeing the sun out and the blue skies certainly put a smile on my face and I left the house full of the joys of spring.

I'm hoping above all hope that we have a glorious long hot summer that'll make up for the past couple of years which have been really awful.

I shall consult MrRose shortly, but for what it is worth he has studied the weather (can't spell meteorology) when he was training as a gliding flying instructor (they need to know more about the weather than people what fly planes with engines in them!) and he reckons it will be a hot summer.


However, I have to tell you that having tried to plan a weekend in August, all our favourite places are already heavily booked, specially the more expensive hotels in the west country. It's getting worrying now! So book something sooner rather than later. I shall try and revert back when MrRose has come from from working for one of you!

A friend of mine told me she'd read an article by a man who's made a fortune out of accurately predicting the weather - and it said this summer was going to be beautiful.


She's on holiday at the moment - tart - but I'll get some information from her when she gets back.

I have a theory that if you get a hot day around St Patricks day (17 March) you are in for a good summer - works every year. First summer I came to the UK was 1990. 18 March that year I was wearing a t-shirt in a pub beer garden, coming from Ireland I could not quite believe how nice it was. Turned out to be a v hot summer - I have used this theory every year and its pretty accurate - if you get hot weather mid March, you can all start planning your holidays in England. I'm happy to personally guarantee this.

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