Fine start to September follows coolest August for over 20 years
Paul Hudson
Provisional figures released by the Met Office show August was the coolest since 1993.
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This brings an abrupt end to a run of warmer than average months which began in December last year.
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It was also a wet month, with around 142% of average rainfall across the UK, but amounts of sunshine were close to normal.
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Following a warm June (equal 9th warmest since 1910), and a warm July (equal 8th warmest since 1910), the cool August means that summer as a whole was very close to average, with mean temperatures just 0.5C above normal and average rainfall.
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Early September, in contrast to August, is looking much more settled, with high pressure expected to dominate well into next week.
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This means the emphasis is on predominantly dry weather, with the main forecasting headache determining the amounts of cloud across the country day to day.