Hi people,
I will be in England between 20th September and 6th October, and will have the 1st 5 days in Windermere (Lake District), then 4 nights in York and the last week that is from 29th Sept to 6th October in London. I will be wearing layers for sure in the morning, but will a waterproof jacket be fine as well to take with me? For the evenings is a good jacket, not skiing jacket or too padded jacket, fine as well?
Depends what you are used to in "not specified" land. Some people will still be wearing light jackets (if not shorts & t-shirt) but if you come from a country where 40C is a tadge on the low side then you'll feel cold.
The (virtual) certainty is that you'll need something to keep the rain and wind off and that the temperature and all other bits of the weather will change frequently so coming dressed as Nanook of the North is going to cause you problems during the warmer times
I'm from Malta and normally between September/October we are still hitting the 25 degrees Celcius
I've been in southern England during the same time of year that you will be visiting.
I didn't want to carry a jacket because of its bulkiness, so I took a good lightweight sweater. On most days, I wore a T-shirt and a long sleeved shirt -- rolling the sleeves up around midday, or taking the shirt off if really hot. At nights, I found the sweater (with T-shirt & shirt) was enough t keep warm.
In that part of the world at that time of the year, having something waterproof would be an extremely good idea.
A skiing jacket is going over the top.
One assumes you're not going up on to the hills in the Lake District?
I have lived here since 1942 and I can assure you that it is impossible to predict the weather here even 3 days in advance.
At worst it can be cold and damp , at best warm and dry - you can take your pick.
Edited by: Grahamapoole
I was in London end Sept beginning Oct a couple of years back - it was that hot and stuffy I was rinsing the one t-shirt I had out every night. The nights were extremely warm reminded me of a hot summer's eve here in Australia.
We had previously been in Scotland, had a few cold days which required a light weight jacket most of the time though it wasn't needed.
The thing is you are asking about weather and no one can predict what it will be like at any given time. Just be prepared for all eventualities.
Bring lots of layers, an umbrella and a rain coat. If you hope to do anything outdoors, wellie boots would be useful.