The first two weeks of June 2024 have been noticeably cooler than expected. The Star asked residents how they are finding the sudden turn of chillier weather.
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00:00It's Alex from the Sheffield Star, and we're out here today asking people about this cold June they're going on about.
00:04They're saying it's a cooler June than we've had for quite some time. How have you found it so far?
00:08It's miserable. It's bloody bolting.
00:11Jacket weather.
00:12For sure.
00:13Just be ready for everything.
00:13Runny nose.
00:14How do you say it?
00:15Has it impacted any plans? Roomed any weekends?
00:18No, we both have our lunch, packed lunch, and we're here chilling out beside the water, talking about documentaries.
00:26I think we're pretending like the sun is out. It would be more of a vibe if it was.
00:30I've got Glastonbury in a couple weeks' time, which I'm kind of scared about if it's going to be a washout or not, so the jury's out.
00:37If you choose between these kind of cooler June situations than when it was two years ago when we had that screaming heatwave,
00:43I mean, those are the two extremes we're having right now. How would you feel about either of those?
00:48I would wait for the hot June.
00:50Really? Really?
00:51I mean, I have pasty Irish white skin, so I'm totally happy with a bit of cloud.
00:58I am actually on the double.
01:00You're not mad at this?
01:01No.
01:01I am.
01:02Yep.
01:04Well, it's affecting my garden terribly. My tomato plants haven't grown for six whole weeks.
01:11The salads, the rest, and I'm on a local gardening group on baseball, and it's affecting them as well.
01:17They're all saying it's like impacted massively on the gardens, you know, for like their own produce that they're growing and things, so.
01:23There you go.
01:24We've swung pretty wildly between heatwaves one year and then chills like this.
01:28Has it been a good couple of years for gardening full stop, or?
01:31No, it's been quite bad for, I'd say, three years in a row.
01:35Yeah, this year's particularly bad, though. I've never had, you know, my tomatoes not grow.
01:40It's still about 10 inches high, that's it, and they're normally growing on the side of the house by now.
01:46That's tragic.
01:48Yeah, and the slugs as well. They impact massively. The more it rains, the more I have snails and slugs, and they love tomatoes.
01:54Ooh, yeah, so, not good at all, so.