Honestly, though I do love the summer, I think I would prefer to live here than in a place where the weather is so topsy-turvy.
Spring here can be glorious, summers only vary in temp about 8 or 9 degrees from one end to the other...the exception being Scotland in the winter where it can get a lot colder.
Stay warm Maddog, those temperatures would be severe even for Manchester, and unheard of in the daytime.
I remember about 32 years ago helping a mate put a new roof on his Granddads garage in Hazel Grove and it was minus 11 all day each day for most of a week and snowing too.
Here today it's 1 degree and blue skies... it's actually a very nice day.