Dave Elliot, forecaster at the Met Office said: “Rainfall is looking at above average of similar to average for the rest of the summer, with temperatures nearly average or a touch below.
“Last year was a pretty bad summer as well – a lovely April and September but fairly unsettled in between.
“You have to go back to 2006 for a glorious summer, hot dry and sunny.”
Warning of a “severe weather event”, the Met Office said as much as 40mm of rain could fall in parts of northern England this morning. Heavy rain was also predicted across the south east before lunchtime.
Major sporting events at the weekend were disrupted by the bad weather.
Rain punctuated Rafael Nadal’s slow victory in the mens’ final at Wimbledon yesterday, and Lewis Hamilton battled the wet conditions at Silvertone to secure his victory in the British Grand Prix.
