24 Days of British Culture: Day 8 - Weather and "Spring"

You can't talk about England and not talk about the weather.  

The Brits have lots of terms for raining.  Some are pretty standard:

Misty

Drizzle

Spitting

Spotting

Deluge

Some are a bit more English:

It's chucking it down

Tipping down

Plothering down

Raining stair rods
Pelting it down
Lashing it down

Any my favourite:

Really pissing it down

Although it rains 80% of the days, it is pretty mild.  So mild this year, that the Easter flowers bloomed in January this year: