Green and pleasant land - well sometimes.
But often, we are slapping on the sun cream, putting on snow boots, digging out the brolly or wading through pools of flood water.
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres said the world had reached an era of global boiling, not just global warming.
Is he right? Or are these Wearside weather scenes part of the natural cycle?
Have a look at 11 Echo archive memories including Storm Arwen in 2021, the baking summer of 1983 which melted street signs and blizzards in High Street West in 2013.
5. The aftermath of Storm Arwen in Backhouse Park in 2021.
The aftermath of Storm Arwen in Backhouse Park in November 2021. | se
6. Floods in Ferryboat Lane in 1996. This was the scene in February of that year.
Floods in Ferryboat Lane in 1996. This was the scene in February of that year. | se
7. A cyclist trying his best to make some headway in a Hylton Road blizzard in 1994.
A cyclist trying his best to make some headway in a Hylton Road blizzard in 1994. | se
8. This Belisha beacon had wilted in the heat in Stockton Road in July 1983.
This Belisha beacon had wilted in the heat in Stockton Road in July 1983. | se