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This summer is likely to be the wettest since UK rainfall records began in 1914, the Met Office said.
Provisional rainfall figures up to August 28 show that 358.5mm of rain has fallen in the UK, just above the previous record of 358.4mm in 1956.
If the figure is confirmed when all the weather stations send in their data, it would make this summer the wettest on record.
"These figures confirm what most people have already been thinking - this summer has been very wet and very disappointing for most," said Keith Groves, the Met Office's Head of Forecasting.
This year's wet summer is largely down to the position of the jet stream, a ribbon of very strong winds which brings weather systems across the UK, the Met Office said.
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Provisional rainfall figures up to August 28 show that 358.5mm of rain has fallen in the UK, just above the previous record of 358.4mm in 1956.
If the figure is confirmed when all the weather stations send in their data, it would make this summer the wettest on record.
"These figures confirm what most people have already been thinking - this summer has been very wet and very disappointing for most," said Keith Groves, the Met Office's Head of Forecasting.
This year's wet summer is largely down to the position of the jet stream, a ribbon of very strong winds which brings weather systems across the UK, the Met Office said.
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