the wet bank holiday

Three weeks’ worth of rain in one day made it the wettest August bank holiday since the 1980s, forecasters said.

And with a soaking week to come, made worse by 45mph gales, it added up to a grim end to summer.

London suffered its coldest August bank holiday on record with temperatures peaking at 17C, 6C below normal.

Forecaster Brian Gaze of The Weather Outlook said: “With heavy rain across much of the country it was possibly the worst August bank holiday Monday since 1986.”



“With heavy rain across much of the country it was possibly the worst August bank holiday Monday since 1986”

Brian Gaze, weather forecaster

The Notting Hill Carnival saw crowd numbers fall, but thousands still braved it.

Music lovers leaving the Leeds Festival were soaked and cricket fans saw no play in the One-Day International between England and India at a waterlogged Bristol County Ground.

In the south-west, where many holidaymakers cut short their breaks, miles of traffic jams built up.







did you stay at home or did you venture out on the bank holiday do you think the summers has gone