I have lived in Reading since 1976 and been recording maximum and minimum temperatures here since 1982, and rainfall since 1989. In Reading the weather is sometimes very hot in the summer and, er, that s it. Come to think of it, Nottingham is dull as regards weather, too. Well known for its fogs, I believe. I remember fogs from my schooldays when you could, literally, barely see your hand in front of your face.
Fog is rare in Reading.
I moved to Brussels in 1984 to work as a translator for the European Union. With about 50 colleagues, I translate into English the background papers for EU legislation, meetings of Ministers, summits etc. I have no training in meteorology. Everything about the weather interests me - with a bias towards the dramatic and spectacular. I like comparing charts, satpics, etc.