And isn't the stereotype that we should expect it to rain all the time?
Well it feels as if the humidity is about 99% so even tho water isn't falling from the sky its all around you. :)
Well, my story with weather in uk:
3 years ago I was on a one-week abroad school trip. We had the option to go to south england, or to Malta. We voted for malta, because the weather is better there.
Well, in the week when we were on Malta, there was blue sky over all of europe. Well, except malta :-/ . The island was flooded with rain, the roads were unusable, power failures, etc. Half a meter water on the roads. But the 60 year old busses worked nevertheless, only the new busses failed :-)
Just my 2c to that stereotype :-)