The sodden summer had only ended when lo and behold some real summer weather landed on these shores - just in time for the kids going back to school. Technically it could be described as an Indian summer.
In meteorological terms we are now in autumn, so we are in Indian summer territory – the description used in English for an unseasonably late-in-the-year warm spell.
We could well do with some proper summerish weather before we head back into the potential gloom of winter.
Here’s hoping the sun stays out and the winter storm season is short - but don’t bet on it. But despite perceptions, summer 2023 was actually relatively hot, according to the Met Office.
Extreme June heat meant the season was the eighth warmest since 1884, with the average mean UK temperature 15.4C, around 0.8C warmer than average.
But it was a summer of extremes in both directions, with the most rainfall of any of the years in the top 10 hottest, and the sixth wettest July since 1836.
