We may moan about the weather more than anyone else on Earth, but certain meteorological events unite us like nothing else. Which one tops your list?
Put the items in your preferred order.
The First Proper Sunny Day in Spring
That magical day when the temperature hits 15Β°C and the entire country collectively decides it's beach weather. Pub gardens overflow, BBQs are hastily assembled, and someone always gets sunburnt.
A Proper Snow Day
Schools close, trains stop running, and Twitter fills with smug Scandinavians mocking us. Meanwhile, we're building snowmen and stockpiling bread like it's the apocalypse.
A Dramatic Thunderstorm After a Heatwave
After days of sticky, sleepless nights, the skies finally open with theatrical thunder and torrential rain. Everyone stands at their window watching like it's a West End show.
That One Random Warm Evening in October
An unexpectedly mild autumn evening when you can sit outside in just a jumper. Everyone pretends summer isn't really over and orders one more pint.
A Met Office Red Weather Warning
Naming storms was the best thing the Met Office ever did. Suddenly everyone's a meteorologist, garden furniture becomes a projectile, and the news shows reporters being blown sideways.
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