Usually they will say something like 'it's turned out nice again hasn't it?' or 'what terrible weather we're having'.
Just be polite and agree.
If the conversation progresses to other subjects apart from the weather you could be in trouble especially if the person is an old lady.
This is because if you move beyond the weather you are a 'friend' so that gives them permission to talk to you about everything.
Be careful, especially if you could be travelling with them for some time.
Be prepared for their life history, problems they are having with their children or grandchildren, health problems (try to avoid this one!) and 'the trouble with youngsters today is...
' Whatever the weather, the English are always unhappy about it - too cold, too hot, too windy, too wet, too dry, whatever.
The English will complain about the weather as if it is someone's fault - who though, the Government? 'I'm not voting for the bloody Conservatives again, we never had such bad weather when Labour was in power!' The weather that really screws up England is snow.
Stay away whilst there is a risk of snow.
OK so you Europeans get two metres of snow and you just get on with it and go to work or school as normal.
In England 2 centimetres, yes centimetres of snow is a catastrophe! Immediately, half the schools in the country will close so the kids have to stay home.
Then the road network will be completely blocked with snow, broken down cars, accidents and so on.
Then the train network will be shut down because the tracks are covered, the power lines are not working or because it is too dangerous for people to use the stations.
Travelling by plane? Forget it and you can't get to the airport anyway! For a relatively small country, and perhaps because England is surrounded on all sides by the sea our weather is often very changeable.
So if you visit somewhere in the morning and you don't like the weather, just hang around for a short time because there's a good chance that different weather will be here soon.
There's a saying 'rain before seven, fine by eleven'.
Of course it doesn't always work but at least you get through a wet morning with a degree of optimism.
It's a nightmare to plan anything that relies on the weather.
Invitations such as 'come over at the weekend, we'll put the barbecue on and the kids can play in the garden' end up being a group of guys stood in the rain or in the garage trying to get a barbecue to work whilst the kids destroy the house and the women cook beef burgers in the kitchen! We are pretty resilient people though when it comes to the weather.
It's often said that 'there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes'.
Drive past any Cornish beach during the summer holidays when it's overcast, cold and raining and you will see families 'making the most of it'.
'We are on holiday so we are going to have fun on the beach because that's what we came to do!' The English weather is, however fairly kind to us all.
We don't get the extremes that some countries have to endure.
So it's never ridiculously hot or cold and because the weather is so changeable any highs or lows are relatively short lived.
Just be polite and agree.
If the conversation progresses to other subjects apart from the weather you could be in trouble especially if the person is an old lady.
This is because if you move beyond the weather you are a 'friend' so that gives them permission to talk to you about everything.
Be careful, especially if you could be travelling with them for some time.
Be prepared for their life history, problems they are having with their children or grandchildren, health problems (try to avoid this one!) and 'the trouble with youngsters today is...
' Whatever the weather, the English are always unhappy about it - too cold, too hot, too windy, too wet, too dry, whatever.
The English will complain about the weather as if it is someone's fault - who though, the Government? 'I'm not voting for the bloody Conservatives again, we never had such bad weather when Labour was in power!' The weather that really screws up England is snow.
Stay away whilst there is a risk of snow.
OK so you Europeans get two metres of snow and you just get on with it and go to work or school as normal.
In England 2 centimetres, yes centimetres of snow is a catastrophe! Immediately, half the schools in the country will close so the kids have to stay home.
Then the road network will be completely blocked with snow, broken down cars, accidents and so on.
Then the train network will be shut down because the tracks are covered, the power lines are not working or because it is too dangerous for people to use the stations.
Travelling by plane? Forget it and you can't get to the airport anyway! For a relatively small country, and perhaps because England is surrounded on all sides by the sea our weather is often very changeable.
So if you visit somewhere in the morning and you don't like the weather, just hang around for a short time because there's a good chance that different weather will be here soon.
There's a saying 'rain before seven, fine by eleven'.
Of course it doesn't always work but at least you get through a wet morning with a degree of optimism.
It's a nightmare to plan anything that relies on the weather.
Invitations such as 'come over at the weekend, we'll put the barbecue on and the kids can play in the garden' end up being a group of guys stood in the rain or in the garage trying to get a barbecue to work whilst the kids destroy the house and the women cook beef burgers in the kitchen! We are pretty resilient people though when it comes to the weather.
It's often said that 'there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes'.
Drive past any Cornish beach during the summer holidays when it's overcast, cold and raining and you will see families 'making the most of it'.
'We are on holiday so we are going to have fun on the beach because that's what we came to do!' The English weather is, however fairly kind to us all.
We don't get the extremes that some countries have to endure.
So it's never ridiculously hot or cold and because the weather is so changeable any highs or lows are relatively short lived.