On 02/04/2017 09:27, Metman2012 wrote:
After all, we
all know that summers in our childhood were better than they are now.
But does the record confirm this?

No.

Anyone who thinks the summers of the 1960's were hot and sunny has a
faulty memory, and is looking back at the past through rose tinted
spectacles. It is more likely that hot sunny summers are related to more
outdoor activities, long summer holidays, which means having a more
memorable time. Sitting indoors reading a book with the rain lashing
down outside is not the sort of thing to stick in the mind 30 years
later. Same with winters in the past always being cold with heaps of snow.

Normality does not stick in the mind, significant departure from
normality does. I'll likely remember the summer of 1995 and August 2003
for the rest of my life, as well as June 2012 and July 2007 for the
opposite reasons. Similarly December 2010, autumn 2000, March 2012 and
2013, April 2007 and July 2006.

Back to April showers, it could be that, as has been mentioned, the home
grown shower activity gets going at this time of year thanks to
increasing solar heating combined with polar air masses still being cold
(sea temperatures are at a minimum now), this combined with people
starting to do more outdoor activities, so are more likely to get
drenched by a shower on an otherwise pleasant sunny day.