On Sunday, July 13 at 2pm, only three weather stations in the United Kingdom recorded any rain, all three less than 0.5mm. Fast forward one day to July 14 at 2pm (yesterday) and 47 stations had recorded at least 1mm of rain, 20 recording at least 5mm, and 9 recording

A break from the hot weather is on its way as low pressure develops to the west of the Isles and slips east early next week, drawing in cooler air from the north Atlantic. However, this may not be an extended break and warm-to-hot temperatures will soon return. To explain,