‘Record-breaking levels of rain’ needed for parts of UK to recover from summer, says Met Office

A person walking on a path amongst dead grass in Victoria Park, east London in August (PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

The driest parts of the UK need to see rainfall at “more than record-breaking” levels this autumn to recover from the joint hottest summer on record, the Met Office said.

Despite recent thundery downpours, Southern England still needs more than 400mm of rainfall to reach the average amount of rain for the year, which would require the region to experience the wettest autumn ever.