Despite the fact that the countryside is look very green and pleasant, the weather in July has been on of the wettest on records in the UK. As this article originally posted on the BBC weather website provides a good overview of the weather in recent months and the year so far.

By Ben Rich & Sarah Keith-Lucas BBC Weather

Summer 2023 so far has been one of contrasts - after the warmest June on record we had an exceptionally wet July.

Northern Ireland and much of north-west England had their wettest July on record. Looking ahead there is no immediate end to the distinctly un-summery conditions. So what is going on?

The year so far.

You can divide the year in to chunks of contrasting weather that have tended to stick around for many days or weeks.

January started off mild and unsettled but then turned drier and colder. It stayed that way into February which was the driest since 1993 across the UK as a whole, with central and southern England recording less than 20% of the rainfall normally expected. Across the UK it turned out to be the UK's sixth wettest March on record.

Any spring warmth was hard to come by. After a cool April, very warm weather was distinctly lacking in May. Nowhere reached 24°C until the month was nearly over, on the 27th.

However, that theme changed dramatically in June. Temperatures soared to 32.2°C, with a heatwave being declared in many places and becoming the warmest June on record which, according to the Met Office, bears the "fingerprint of climate change".

It was all change again in early July with low pressure setting in, and staying put. While much of Europe sweltered in a blistering heatwave the UK sat under cool, wet weather which looks set to stay for the first part of August too.

Will summer return in August?

The unsettled spell looks to continue through the first 10 days or so of August. Showers or longer spells of rain are likely, along with breezy conditions at times, and temperatures will be generally rather cool. There will be some drier and brighter spells between the showers. Into the second half of the month, there is more of a signal for some drier, more-settled intervals, but prolonged hotter and drier weather looks unlikely.

To read the full articale at its orginal source on the BBC's weather website, please click here.

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