its earthquakes. So what is the UK for? And what are the differences depending where you are in the UK; i.e. London or Manchester????
2006-12-12 11:25:50 · 10 answers · asked by green_eyes 2 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
And when I say known for, I mean i.e. earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados. Things that have to do with Mother Nature. Anything drastic like that, other than rain.
2006-12-12 11:31:13 · update #1
The weather is the UK is generally quite pleasant, although the chance of rain does increase the further north and west you go, particularly Wales and Scotland. In London, the rain will usually only last for 30 minutes. And Ireland isn't known as the 'Emerald Isle' for nothing. Fog may occur occasionally, particularly in winter mornings.
As for temperature, it may get down to minus figures and may snow for a few weeks in January (obviously lower and longer the further north you go), and may get up to 30C in July/August.
As for natural disasters, generally speaking these do not occur in the UK. Having said that, there was a mini-tornado in North London last week which wrecked 100 homes, rivers have been known to flood following a heavy downpour, there was a hurricane on 16th October 1987, and there was a minor earthquake in Wales 25-30 years ago (the sunsets for the following week were amazing).
In conclusion, the weather in the UK is really quite tolerable and generally without extremes, and it is very possible to have all four seasons in the space of one day. And it never fails to give people something to talk about.
Best country in the world. Love it.
2006-12-12 11:55:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The UK is mainly known for diversity (in nature as much as in its people).
The weather is a classic topic of conversation with good reason here: it is temperate, but extremely changeable and unpredictable. You can as easily get a hot day in November as snow in April. Or vice-versa. You can get a tornado turning up in Central London affecting a single street, you can get a drought in the Winter resulting in water rationing in the Summer. Or you can get drenched.
In terms of landscape and land usage, it is equally diverse. Much of the Southern part of the country is chalky and gently hilly (hence all the cliffs), much of the Midlands flat and very fertile, and further North, you get into many different mountain types, from the craggy Cheviots to the bizarre landscapes of the granite mountains of the Cairngorms.
The weather tends to be warmer and wetter on the West coast (thanks, in part, to the North Atlantic Drift of the Gulf Stream), and colder and drier on the East (thanks to the arctic winds from Scandinavia and the North Sea). Cornwall can have remarkably hot summers, whereas parts of Scotland can seem to have permanent rain (apart from maybe 2 weeks in May when the temperature shoots up and the roads melt). The further North you go, the worse the weather generally is. The differences in sunrise and sunset are particularly pronounced in the height of Summer, too - if you head for Sanna Sands on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in North-West Scotland, you're not far off seeing the midnight sun!
There's not much in the way of earthquakes or volcanoes, though. It's pretty geologically stable around here.
2006-12-12 19:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by hailesaladdie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The UK isn't really subject to extreme environmental phenomena. Rain and sleet is about it. They used to have plagues. But there aren't any earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and tidal waves are virtually unheard of.
2006-12-12 11:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by ZenPenguin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm I live in cali, originally England and I really don't think cali is know for earthquakes even though they have them. I think cali is known for there sunny weather and beaches or actors that live there. I think london is known for Big Ben and Paraliment , and manchester is known for their sports teams manchester united I belive. The whole country of England is known for rainy and foggy days.
2006-12-12 11:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by sarah s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
California women - The coastline Boys motel California - The Eagles California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas I also recommend the band purely right Coast. they're a surf pop band from California and if the coastline ought to play music, it would sound like this band.
2016-11-25 23:41:11 · answer #5 · answered by estremera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I think of when i think of the U.K. is rain. Endless rain. Except for that nasty heat wave last summer, yet another example of global warming.
2006-12-12 11:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just known for rain and football
2006-12-12 11:29:27 · answer #7 · answered by chloé 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fish and chips, lads and ladettes , the queen, the union jack.
2006-12-12 11:30:57 · answer #8 · answered by jinx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tea?
rugby?
spice girls, beatles
2006-12-12 11:31:31 · answer #9 · answered by squirrelgirl749 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crappy weather..?!
2006-12-13 02:06:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋