UK sees soggy start to winter after wet but mild autumn

People wearing coats and hoods walking along the wet sea front near to Old Portsmouth in Hampshire (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK has seen a rainy start to meteorological winter following a wet and mild autumn with above-average temperatures, the Met Office said.

Parts of Wales were battered with heavy rain on Monday – with some areas seeing as much as 83mm of rain, almost half of the country’s average December rainfall.