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UK weather: 'Taste of autumn' as Met Office issues warnings for thunderstorms and unseasonably strong winds

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The UK had an average rainfall of 140.1mm last month - with parts of the North West experiencing their wettest July ever. So far, August is delivering much of the same.

They will spread into other coastal areas as the morning progresses, and will only begin to slowly ease this afternoon.

Looking further ahead, Met Office forecasters explained that the best chance of more widely settled weather may only come in the second half of August - and even then, the risk of thundery showers will remain. Yesterday, official figures revealed that last month was the UK's sixth-wettest July since records began in 1836 - and the wettest ever seen in Northern Ireland.

 

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