“CAN you do us a weather story?” is a question that makes journalists’ hearts sink.

Why? It’s because weather is never ending. We write about it when there’s a heatwave, which, admittedly, isn’t affecting Scotland in the same way as it is down south.

We write about it when there’s a hurricane - who could forget the “Oh my god, trampoline!” video?

We write about it when it’s freezing. We write about all the in-between weather too.

I typed my name and ‘weather’ into our cuts system and it produced hundreds of results.

Weather is in the same league as Rangers: it’s the story that keeps on giving.

For reporters it can get a bit tedious because it’s always a similar structure and we often use the same phrases like: “disruption as Scotland battered by severe gales”, “rain did not fail to dampen spirits” and, much less often, “sweltering hot”.

It’s the same conversations with the helpful forecasters, asking them about the highest and lowest temperatures in Glasgow and the west.

When the conversation goes astray you’ll here: “No we don’t care about the Highlands, this is the Evening Times.”

But the reason we’ll never stop publishing weather stories is because everyone cares about it.

Every single time I’m on the phone to my mum or grandma it’s the clouds they want to know about and I’m only a few hours down the road from them.

As Brits we love talking about the weather. We’re obsessed with it. Sometimes I think we could fill the whole paper with it.

It makes great telly when TV news reporters are forced to stand on the Ayrshire coast - always the windiest, wettest and coldest place in Scotland – battling the elements.

It's what people want to hear about, although I imagine the chosen reporter feels like they’ve been handed the short straw that day.

It can be tricky to write weather stories because it's so unpredictable out there. They'll be floods in the morning then sunshine a few hours later.

I think our obsession is down to how unpredictable our weather system is, though.

When you experience four seasons a day it’s no wonder you check your weather app five times before you leave the house, you want to read about it and watch it.

We all love to moan about the weather.

But maybe I secretly love weather stories. Now Rangers is another story...