Hot it was not… farewell to coldest August for 17 years
The UK has just endured its coldest August for 17 years, which was marked, say forecasters, by a complete absence of ‘hot days’. The month also saw the lowest single-day August temperature for 23 years, with it falling to 55f (12.8c) in Edgbaston, Birmingham, last Thursday. And several ‘notably’ cold nights were recorded last week. Wet and windy: Holidaymakers walk along a gloomy Sandsend beach near Whitby, North Yorkshire, over the Bank Holiday An exceptionally cloudy period in the South East of England put something of a dampener on the holiday period as heavy rain fell across large swathes of the country.It should have been the height of summer, but was notable only for its low temperatures.
