Coolest UK summer since 2015

The UK has seen its coolest summertime for 9 years, according to latest statistic from the Met Office.

It has besides been a play of contrasts, with the north-west of the UK chill and wet, portion the southbound and eastbound person had a much emblematic UK summer.

The hottest time of the summertime was 12 August, erstwhile temperatures successful Cambridge reached 34.8C. Although we did spot immoderate heatwaves recorded successful the south, immoderate periods of vigor person been reasonably short-lived.

This twelvemonth bucks the inclination of the lukewarm summers we person seen successful caller years. The past clip the UK had a cooler than mean summertime was backmost successful 2015.

Summer - successful upwind and clime presumption - incorporates June, July and August.

The 3 cardinal indicators for assessing a season's upwind are temperature, rainfall and sunshine amounts.

The statistic from the Met Office amusement that overall, summertime was cooler than average. The mean regular somesthesia (the mean crossed 24 hours) crossed the UK was 14.37C, which is 0.22C beneath average. The daytime maximum temperatures were much notably chill than the night-time minimums, with cloudy skies often keeping overnight temperatures up.

The semipermanent inclination for higher temperatures is continuing owed to clime change, though idiosyncratic years volition spot ups and downs successful temperature.

Five of the apical 10 warmest summers connected grounds successful the UK person each occurred since 2000.

How bedewed it has felt for you depends precise overmuch connected wherever you are, but looking astatine the summertime arsenic a whole, rainfall comes successful astatine 241.3mm, which is conscionable 5% beneath average.

For Achnagart successful Highland it was the wettest summertime connected grounds with much than treble the monthly mean falling during August. It was peculiarly bedewed elsewhere successful occidental Scotland and north-west England.

In contrast, overmuch of Wales and the remainder of England had a notably adust summer, with parts of the Midlands receiving lone a 3rd of their expected rainfall.

If you consciousness the bluish entity days person been lacking this summertime you would beryllium close if you person been anyplace different than central-southern England, eastbound England and parts of eastbound Scotland.

These areas person seen up to 25% much sunshine than expected, whereas for the remainder of us, it has been decidedly dull.

Things did prime up successful the 2nd fractional of the summertime erstwhile the pitchy watercourse shifted north, bringing drier and warmer upwind for galore of us.

September past twelvemonth brought a record-breaking 7 consecutive days that reached 30C oregon more but it is improbable we volition spot specified arsenic prolonged spell of vigor this year.

Although September started with 30C astatine Wiggonholt successful West Sussex, determination person been immoderate thundery downpours too, and connected Monday a yellow warning was issued for thunderstorms crossed Wales, bluish England and eastbound Scotland.

Over the adjacent fewer days, precocious unit is ne'er acold away, truthful though things volition crook a small fresher, with a fewer showers, determination volition inactive beryllium immoderate drier and warmer upwind to beryllium enjoyed too.

Keep up with the latest agelong scope forecast successful our monthly outlook.