Not to be the harbinger of bad news, ok, why not?? If the weather 'experts' are to be believed it will all go downhill at New Year with gales and rain forecast. There is also supposed to be a very cold period in Spring, but what is new with that? It seems to happen every year.
Some are blaming global warming, but I do not subscribe to that theory. We have had weather variations certainly as far back as I can remember, although the summers in the 50's did seem warmer and longer than now, so who knows. What I do think is that the seasons are kicking forward a bit. Spring is usually late, summer tends to drift into September/October and we all call it an 'Indian Summer. Winter starts mild and then gets serious after New Year, so the time clock is changing. Maybe we need to change the calendar to compensate?