We spend ten months of life moaning about the weather

IT HAS long been our national obsession, so it may come as no great surprise that the average Briton will spend ten months of their life moaning about the weather.

For a survey suggests worrying about whether it is a T-shirt and shorts day or one for coats and brollies takes up two hours a week, or five days a year.

We check the forecast eight times a week, discussing the outcome with a partner and work colleagues at least five times, according to a new poll for the Tetley tea company.

Surprisingly, only 12 per cent of us say the UK’s weather makes us ‘utterly depressed’. Yet 61 per cent insist summers are not as good as when we were young. Some 44 per cent of the 1,500 people surveyed believed this year’s summer was a complete washout.

They are correct as it turns out. Earlier this month The Met Office confirmed it was the 11th wettest on record.

Psychologist Honey Langcaster-James has advice for those who are seasonally affected by longer nights saying: ‘Getting regular exercise has been proven to help boost mood and reduce symptoms associated with depression, so it’s more important than ever during the winter months to make time for exercise.

‘Little touches like summertime scented bath products and toiletries can also help evoke that summer feeling.’

‘Complete washout’