Steve Sawyer

Remember all the whining about no spring this year?

Well, it wasn't just the usual complaining - 2013 ranks as both one of the colder and wetter springs on record, particularly for the upper midwest.

https://www.wunderground.com/news/noa...tates-20130613

stapfam

Virtually the same over here and Summer is still a question Mark. The jet stream that used to be North of the UK slipped South last year to across southern Europe. North of the stream and it will be wet and South is where the sun should be. The jet stream is currently sitting across Southern Britain and France. All we are getting is Rain-Sun and Wind. Sometimes all at the same time but the wind has been around 25 mph gusting to 50 this week. The rain is almost nothing- just leaves a miserable out look and is not enough to water the garden. But the sun is good- providing you can get out in it with the high winds.

Steve Sawyer

Yeah, summer isn't shaping up too well over this side of the pond either, Doug.

I'm one of those wussies for whom anything under 75* is cold, and it's been cold a lot lately. Normally we're baking in 80-90 degree heat and high humidity this time of year. IMO that's perfect riding weather!!

B. Carfree

So, you're the folks who stole our usual Spring rains and gave us all this unseasonable sunshine. Well, we've been muddling through with all these record-low precipitation numbers. Somehow we are learning to manage with nothing to complain about.

david58

Yea, usually low mileage due to wet weather, summer not starting till July 5 (always rains the 4th). Dang, with no rain I'm only mowing the yard once a week!

BluesDawg

It has been pretty decent temperature wise in Georgia, though the cool bordered on cold for much longer than normal. We had our first taste of hot and humid earlier this week, but today was milder. We have had much more rain than we've had in many years, but given the years of drought conditions we have gone through, it is hard to complain about that.

B. Carfree

It seems like just a year or two ago I was reading about the main reservoir that serves Atlanta being nearly dry. It is kind of eerie to have one of the major cities in our country facing a lack of water.

BluesDawg

Get used to it.

stapfam

April 2012 and a drought was declared in the south after a couple of years of lack of rain. Resoirvoirs were way down and the below ground sources were almost gone. Within a week it rained and it did not stop till the winter when the Winds came.

So get a drought declared in your dry areas.

Artmo 

We had a longer "winter" than normal, but we've not had much rain, apart from what Andrea
left last week. Right now it's 81F (that's 27 in new money, Doug) and the sun's not yet up. It will get to 90F (32C) later and very humid. We're set for a 32-miler at 7.30, then a dip in the pool.

bruce19

+1

OldsCOOL

I live in northern lower Michigan "tip of the mitt" and can only say I'm grateful not to be living in the U.P. and that's all I got to say about thaa-at.

It does appear we are heading for a cool/chilly summer, too.

David Bierbaum

From what I've heard, meteorologists are blaming this on the fact that the poles are warming up faster than the rest of the planet, and that's mucking up the jet stream patterns.

DX-MAN

Call me contrary, but a cooler summer wouldn't bother me a bit; my extended family has three babies in the mix, another on the way, and EVERYTHING grinds to a halt at about 87F/40% humidity. We have several 'splash pads' in parks around the area (better than the overcrowded pools, IMO, and they're FREE!), and when the weather gets like that, the kids ARE gonna get wet. We've made bike trips out of those....

We had a couple short spurts of summer-like weather, followed by chilly and wet again. It DID interfere with some of the fun I like to have on commutes, what with uncomfortable mornings after little sleep.

stapfam

Not on the serious weather situation but ride tomorrow and what to wear. Despite saying I would not be doing it--I have a 54 miler starting 60 miles away tomorrow. What is the weather going to be like? No idea. 3 different weather apps say 3 different things. Don't want to take a heavy waterproof if it is not necessary- but the rain promised at midday today on one station means I might need it.

No- one is committing themselves to how the weather will pan out this summer- but it now appears that they are hedging their bets 24 hours ahead aswell.

McCallum

Yeah, I usually start riding in Feb or March to get ready for a ride here in Parsons KS that is the last Saturday in April; the day of the ride was wet but not enough to kill the ride. The leading month(s) was cold and damp. I finely broke the bike out this week, partly due to a lack of motivation in the past months and the rest due to the rain and cold (being defined as sub 45 and wet).

digibud

Locally it's up to 80F (and higher) so my wife has to ride early or late (I'm busted up and can't ride). We had a very late Spring but now it's ungodly hot (83F)....too hot to ride in mid day but luckily it's plenty light out all night so she can ride anytime she wants.