Dull, gloomy, overcast; Definitely not August weather.
Sunny in Surrey 
Sunny in Sussex too 
Essex must have done is something very bad
Corrected for you.
I once actually thought that, then I worked there and there's a lot of good bits and good people in Essex. IIRC Uncle is up near Epping and as long as you avoid inner new Harlow it's really very good
But we digress