[Closed] Is it Autumn?

No, Autumn starts on the 1st or 22nd of Sept depending on which measure you use.

Doesn't make the weather any better, but changes are starting to happen - could easily be 30c again by the time the leaves turn brown.

Jet stream too far south needs to move a little north.

It can rain at anytime of the year it's exclusive to seasons.

Leaves are starting to turn here already!

Can't be autumn, summer didn't start yet.
Spring is certainly dragging on late this year though.

My ears were a little chilly cycling to work this morning.

Woke at 0630, lovely clear blue skies but a relatively chilly start to the day, so held back on going for ride.

It started to warm up during the morning, but the cool breeze got stronger, so I held back.

Now the sky has turned dark grey, the wind has picked up a little more, but weather apps all tell me it will 100% stay dry... But out the window it looks like it could rain any time.

I've just shut the mancave window for the first time since ~April.

GG August autumn, gg indeed! 👿

It's gorgeous here in Belgium! I'll be heading out for a ride shortly. /smug

Yeah but your are still in Belgium.

It's called Augtumn from now on.
Lovely here darn sarf though.

I've noticed for several years that some horse chestnuts start going brown in early August- is that normal or a disease?
Blackberries are ripe here.

Ok today NE Scotland.

Not great but dont expect it to be super warm as long as its dry.

Seems to be threatening rain here all the time.The rain on St Swithans day was a warning I suppose.

Suns art, tats art..

Strange how the brambles are out before the end of July.

Super up here in Caithness today. Maybe you need to move North.

The horse chesnuts' leafs go brown early because of leaf miners eating the inside layers of them causing early die back.

Blackberries are ripe here.

Yeah that's pretty normal depending on where you live but late July though September is their season, a bit late further north.

Sunny Surrey, still can get sunburnt. Also the ferns are still in full kill mode, though the odd shower isn't helping, but it's warm breeze, warm rain. British summer to me.

When it's dark, miserable wet, windy and cold, then it's more autumnal. Still fun to ride though 😀

Blackberries are ripe here.
Yeah that's pretty normal depending on where you live but late July though September is their season, a bit late further north.

I'm in the north west and I'm sure they are a bit earlier than usual this year.

I've been in the garden all day in T shirt and shorts, so I reckon it's still summer....

I'm digging out thermals for tomorrow morning's ride to work, so I reckon it's getting a bit 'back end-ish'...

May as well be, Mrs EGF's put the heating on.

Except I've turned it off again. 8)

I'm in the north west and I'm sure they are a bit earlier than usual this year.

http://www.self-sufficient.co.uk/Picking-Wild-Blackberries.htm

May as well be, Mrs EGF's put the heating on.

Except I've turned it off again.

Mr Pea turned the heating on last night and I told him to put something warm on!

Promise of sunshine in Middlesbrough today.Got my Camera ready just in case.

Hailed in Edinburgh on Sat, i was at the highest possible point I could get to on my ride .... delightful.

a great day of riding on Arran yesterday, however it was epically wet, Soaked Right Through. Decent jackets, waterproof shorts, nae chance against the monsoon that prevailed.... Sun came out when we were on the ferry home....

It's back and warm!Sounds a bit grim Iain.Hope you don't go all Clarkson.Neil

Monsoon arrived here in Dundee.
I reckon we've just had a months worth of rain in 10-15mins and its still bucketing down.

I'm surprised the Sun came out this afternoon.

It could be that Planet thats about to crash into the Earth..

The swifts have flown, the blackberries are out: summer's over.

Swifts are still flying here, although the bird song changed 3 weeks ago to their autumnal sounds. Oh and Vickypea, the horse chestnuts have a moth infestation which causes the leaves to die

Now am sunburnt.Makes a change from wet.

In the last three days of riding and hillwalking I've had rain and sloppy winter bog and mud, strong warm winds and sunburn, calm midge filled summers evening with glorious sunset and cool 10* morning with torrential rain.

We don't do settled seasons in the uk...

I've started on servicing the wood burner and ordering in the wood...feels like it's use is only just around the corner...

Some of the ferns have started turning brown and the nettles are staying down rather than growing back (north Notts)

Not even had my summer holiday yet. 🙁

And it's in the UK - luckily not camping though.

Cycle to the station today ended in wet toes, family of ducks seemed to be loving it

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Yesterday was a treat warm ride up the Duchess drive Minch Moor Road then along to the 3 brethren. Home and dogs walked in sunshine. Just sitting down to a cuppa when the heavens opened roads flooded, quite damp.
No brambles yet in fact there's some tale end raspberries and the blaeberries are perfect.

When you have to go out in miserable weather, it's often not that bad, but when it's optional it can be tricky to overcome the prospect of getting wet.

Just make sure you don't ride a carbon bike in the rain. 😉

We had a flock of geese going over the house last night 🙁

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We had a flock of geese going over the house last night

Yes the other morning I heard the formation call of geese & then last night a perfect V formation came over the garden, I did comment to the wife "its a sign autumn is on its way"

Then I had to drive to Bristol & back from Cheshire today and most of the Midlands section was 13deg & raining 🙁

I've changed my mind - whilst I every fibre of my being says that the seasons are a set thing and the only way to tell is by consulting the calendar, I now realise that nature doesn't always play ball and it's indeed autumn.

Still... only 200 days till Spring, supposedly, who knows anymore! The Sun's position relative to the Earth seems to have less of an effect on our seasons than before.

It was summer-like at 0630 this morning, temp already ~19C, was lovely blue sky but now warm and overcast.