The average adult spends the equivalent of five months of their life talking about the weather. A poll of 2,000 people found the classic British stereotype of always talking about the weather is true, with the subject coming up five times in a typical day. With conversations about the temperature, sunshine or rain amounting to nine minutes a day or an hour each week.

The average adult will check the weather forecast eleven times a week via an app, the TV or googling it – posting seven…