Rainy days – but sunshine will make a comeback

Heavy rain during the past few days means this month will end up wetter than July 1976.

An average 49.9mm of rain fell across the UK from 1 to 29 July, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.

The total for the whole of July 1976, when the UK was in the middle of a blistering heatwave, was 43.3mm.

With further rain forecast this week, the final total for July 2018 could be even higher. The driest ever July was in 1955, when an average of 30.6mm rainfall was measured across the UK.

Meanwhile, Saturday was the first day since 23 June that no part of the UK reached temperatures above 25C. But temperatures are set to remain above average, with much of Scotland set to enjoy temperatures in the low 20s as the week progresses.