Last month, as United Kingdom ushered in its coldest start to July in 20 years, British had to ditch T-shirts and sunglasses in favour of sweaters and jackets.
The United Kingdom Met Office confirmed that temperatures in the United Kingdom continued to be below average for the first two weeks of July.
By 15 July, the average temperature was 2.0°C below average, the coldest start to July since 2004.
In addition, England received 19% above average rainfall last month.
"Early July continued the cool-weather theme of June, but added more humid conditions," explains Bureau of Meteorology scientist Emily · Carlisle.
Overall, temperatures in the United Kingdom were below average in July, with an average of 14.8°C, 0.5°C below the 1991-2020 average.
While the first two weeks were particularly cold, temperatures briefly warmed up in the third week.
By the end of the month, the highest temperature so far this year was recorded.
This maximum temperature was recorded on 30 July, when temperatures reached 32°C at Kew Gardens and Heathrow Airport.
Unsurprisingly, the number of hours of sunshine last month was also below average.
The United Kingdom experienced only 153.7 hours of sunshine, 11% below average, while England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales all had less than average monthly sunshine hours.
In terms of rainfall, the United Kingdom recorded 82.4mm of rainfall, roughly on par with average.
However, England received 79.0 mm of rainfall, which was 19% above average.
Meanwhile, Scottish, Wales and Northern Ireland all received slightly below average rainfall.
"The depression caused erratic weather in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the month, with several frontal systems bringing rain bands," Ms Carlisle explained.
"By the 15th, some parts of the southwest, southeast and north-east of England had exceeded the average rainfall for July."
Unfortunately, the weather doesn't look much better in August either.
In its long-term weather forecast (August 6-August 15), the Bureau of Meteorology predicts "changeable weather".
"The weather can be changeable for much of this period, and the weather in the United Kingdom is broadly of the westerly type, meaning the weather is mainly coming from the Atlantic," the Bureau of Meteorology said.
"During this period, the depression may be more likely to be located in the north, bringing more frequent rain, showers and sometimes stronger winds.
"Conversely, a ridge of high pressure is more likely to occur in the south, bringing more sunny, stable weather, but there may still be some wetter, thunderstorms or generally unstable intervals.
"As a result, there may be some warm weather and even brief periods of high temperatures in the south at times, but overall temperatures in the north are closer to normal."