More rain could make this wettest May ever

MORE rain showers are forecast for the week ahead, setting the scene for what could be one of the wettest Mays on record.

By Friday, there had been 91 per cent of the expected rainfall for the entire month, with 63.5mm having fallen already.

The wettest May on record was in 1967, when 131.7mm of rain fell across the UK.

Met Office forecaster Steven Keates said even if the record is not broken, it will be a “notably wet month”.

He said: “If you were to extrapolate what we’ve had so far and say the second half of the month was similar to the first, then you would probably be challenging a record wet May.

“On the basis that a fair amount of rain is probably quite likely over the next couple of weeks, it’s probably going to be up there.”

It has been reported Scotland has had almost twice as much rain in May than it had throughout April.

Temperatures have also been down 3C compared to the average May, with less sunshine than we’d normally get too.