Miserable summer continues with thunderstorms and rain to batter UK this weekend

The Met Office has warned patches of showers will turn heavy and thundery today (Picture: Zenpix LTD)

This weekend is set to be another thundery one as heavy showers and cool temperatures sweep across the country.

Despite the promise of sunny spells, the Met Office has warned patches of showers will turn heavy and thundery today.

Temperatures will also remain chillier than the June average of 20C, with the maximum temperature.

The north of England and Scotland will also experience slightly cooler weather, with those in Newcastle and Edinburgh feeling temperatures of 15C and 13C respectively.

This is still warmer compared to the last few weeks.

This month has seen many of us complain about the cold, with thunder and rain only making conditions feel chillier, despite the month of May being the hottest on record.

As the month of not so summery weather drags on, there may be some more pleasant patches, but the predominant pattern will be ‘cool’ and ‘showery’.

Cyclists wearing plastic poncho to protect themselves from the rain, stand by the River Thames(Picture: AFP)

Rebekah Sherwin, deputy chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said: ‘The forecast suggests no strong signal for temperatures to get above average.’

Toward the end of the month, weather signals are too weak to make reliable forecasts according to the long range Met Office forecast.

It wrote: ‘All areas can be expected to see some spells of drier, sunnier weather but there will also be showers or longer spells of rain at times.

‘Temperatures are most likely to be close to normal or slightly above.’

The Met Office’s long range forecast say for the rest of the month, we can only look forward to slightly below average temperatures.

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