Early statistics for the month of July show that it was a wet but warm month on the Isle of Wight with the temperature hitting 0.8°C above average.
The provisional figures show that areas of the South Coast have been particularly wet, due mainly to significant thunderstorms. Hampshire received 118% more than its average rainfall last month.
Despite it being wet and miserable, temperatures on the Isle of Wight were 0.8°C warmer than the July average.
Climate Scientist Mike Kendon said:
“Overall it hasn’t been a remarkable month for weather, however when you look more locally there have been some significant events. It is uncommon for Shetland to experience more sunshine hours than Cornwall at this time of year. There is also a notable gradient between a cooler, sunnier and slightly drier than average North-West and a wetter, dull and warmer than average South-East.
“Some of these statistics can be linked directly to a few significant weather events, with spells of thunderstorms bringing the majority of the month’s rainfall to some areas. The presence of low pressure systems moving slowly over the UK at times have also influenced the temperatures and amount of sunshine hours.”
The current period of changeable weather looks likely to last into the weekend with showers or longer spells of rain interspersed with drier weather and some sunshine. Next week it looks like high pressure will begin to build from the south which should eventually bring more settled, drier weather, although there may still be some showers at times.
| Mean temp (°C) | Sunshine (hours) | Rainfall (mm) | ||||
| Actual | Diff to avg | Actual | % of avg | Actual | % of avg | |
| UK | 15.1 | 0.0 | 162.6 | 94 | 95.1 | 122 |
| England | 16.6 | 0.3 | 171.9 | 89 | 84.8 | 136 |
| Wales | 15.4 | 0.2 | 171.0 | 95 | 107.2 | 116 |
| Scotland | 12.8 | -0.5 | 144.7 | 103 | 105.8 | 106 |
| N Ireland | 14.5 | -0.1 | 162.6 | 116 | 113.1 | 139 |
