Provisional statistics for Summer 2016 show that it was both rather wet but also slightly warmer than average.
The UK's mean temperature for this summer was 14.9 °C which is just over half a degree warmer than average based on data from 1981 to 2010. All four of the home nations were above average temperature wise, however they also all experienced above average rainfall.
The UK's rainfall total for the summer was 271.4 mm, which is 13 % above average, mainly as a result of the wet weather we saw in June.
It wasn't an overly sunny summer, and that's represented in the statistics. The UK recorded 6% less sunshine than average with just 475.7 hours recorded.
As a result many of us will feel we were a little short changed when it comes to summery weather, but it was nowhere near the dullest summer on record which was in 1954 when only 378 hours of sunshine were recorded.
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