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, allowing sunshine further north, with 14.9 hours at Morecambe (Lancashire). Southern areas had a sunny day on the 20th with 14.9 hours at Bude (Cornwall), but it was cloudier with scattered showers in the north. The night of the 20th/21st was chilly in places, with a minimum of 2.4 °C at Shobdon

on the 27th, though to the north of this it turned sunny again with 13.9 hours recorded at Morecambe (Lancashire). A slow-moving frontal system brought a dull cool wet day away from the north-east on the 28th, the rain heavy for a time especially in the south-east, but the far northeast stayed dry

the UK, with more than 200% of average across the west of Northern Ireland, Lancashire, Merseyside and the Manchester area and parts of Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire. The UK overall rainfall total was 170% of average overall, making this provisionally the wettest July since 2009 and sixth wettest July

. Torrential rain across Merseyside and Lancashire led to flooding on some roads, with properties flooded in the Knowsley borough of Merseyside. Flooding also arose on roads and properties around York on the 13th. Additionally there were some power outages, with more than 300 properties without power

) on the 29th, with Morecambe (Lancashire) recording 16.6 hours of sunshine on the 30th. Wales diary of highlights June started off with some thundery showers in places but otherwise it was mostly settled and warm until the 12th, with a fair amount of sunshine but also some cloudier days. Westerly winds

in the Midlands and south on the 24th and it remained grey and misty near the northeast coast, but Morecambe (Lancashire) recorded 15.5 hours of sunshine on the 23rd and 24th. 25th to 31st Thundery showers became more widespread during this period. A belt of rain, heavy at times, spread

show that record temperatures for July were not confined to London or other major urban centres but extended across northern England. Notably, Stonyhurst, Lancashire (a CET station) recorded its highest temperature on record for any month (in a 70+ year recordlength) by a margin of nearly 1 °C

to 13th Following another widespread frost, the 8th was sunny in the south-east but cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle elsewhere; heavy rain spread east into the north-west by dusk, and this gave 26.1 mm at Hazelrigg (Lancashire). Rain in the north and south-west moved south-east on the 9th, with sleet

from flooding in parts of Lancashire. The heavy and persistent rainfall from 6th to 7th across Scotland caused widespread flood impacts. In Argyll, the A83 was closed due to a landslip with ten people airlifted from their vehicles and several other major trunk roads were also closed. Rail services

of the south-west. Preston Cove House (Dorset) and Morecambe (Lancashire) both recorded 12.5 hours of sunshine. A belt of wet and windy weather spread eastwards on the 2nd, giving 65.2 mm at Mickleden (Cumbria). The rain became light and patchy by the 3rd as it slowly moved south-eastwards through