Why is it almost always rainy and cold in England?

Question

Why is it almost always rainy and cold in England?

Answer 1

There are many reasons:

1. England is on the island. And there are no mountains.

2. Rains... its so romantic really. In the evening you drink strong black tea and outside is heavy rains. Cool...

3. The main reason why it's so rainy in England cuz not far from British islands there is a Gulf Stream, the warmest stream that brings a lot of warm rains in to island.

4. and there are other small reasons...

Answer 2

Because of d**k Cheney.

Answer 3

Well this is interesting.....its all to do with weather fronts and systems.

There are two types of fronts 'cold' and 'warm' both bring wet weather, it just depends how much and for what length of time. A cold front will bring a prolonged period of rain and a warm one, usually a short and heavy burst.

Where the UK is situated is a prime location for the meeting point of air masses (when a hot and cold air mass meet, fronts are formed). Because of this, we end up with a lot of fronts forming which bring a lot of wet weather. Whereas a place like Spain or Italy is mainly situated where air masses don't meet, hence they will have little rain, but instead a lot of warm weather with little cloud cover (known as anticyclonic or high pressure systems)....But don't be falled - the british get them too - just not so much as other places...!

hope this helps...

there are loads of websites that can help explain this in more detail. Just type 'weather fronts' or 'air masses' or 'meterology' into google for more...!

cheers,

Phil

Answer 4

Because we British like it this way!

Answer 5

It isn't, bad weather just seems to last longer.

Answer 6

Its so we will feel better when we go on holiday to Spain

Answer 7

because we are far north of the equator.....

Answer 8

because we are really unlucky

Answer 9

The last 2 days have been beautiful

Answer 10

Well, I think that is a bit of an exaggeration.  Yes, we get a lot of rain and cold weather but there is nothing like a perfect English spring or summer day and we appreciate it so much because it is quite rare.

Answer 11

Em, because that's the typical weather for the country, has been for many many years now!!!

Answer 12

Because we're on a small island between the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea, and because it's not summer yet.

Anyway, it's not ALWAYS rainy and cold

Answer 13

Because we are virtually in the North Atlantic Ocean. They get similar weather on the other side, in Newfoundland. The North Atlantic generates its own weather patterns. Most of these move west and cross the British Isles. They are low pressure areas, and the air moves anti-clockwise to fill them. Depending where the low pressure area is exactly, they can pull air down from the north, or up from the south, which is why the weather is so variable in these islands.

May I draw your attention to the difference between Britain and Great Britain? GB is an island, the largest of the British Isles, and is not a country, even though many people use GB as a short form; even GBP for British Pounds, which is completely wrong. The word "Great" just means the largest of the islands, and "great" is often used as a prefix for a town name if there are other hamlets or villages in the same area that are smaller; these are often prefixed "Little". Britain itself is an independent, sovereign state and is not a country but a confederation of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Its "legal" or historic identity is a United Kingdom, usually called "The" United Kingdom, although I guess there may be others in the world.

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