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A wet September starts the meteorological autumn - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
""In a change from recent months, September brought frequent rain as a succession of low pressure systems brought frontal rain across the country for the first few weeks of the month. We've also seen some heavy downpours at times from thunderstorms. "While there have been drier interludes at times, not least further south in recent days, September 2025 goes down as a wet month, with temperatures and sunshine hours generally closer to average.""
""The UK provisionally saw 32% more rain than the long-term average in September, with a large swathe of England, Wales and Northern Ireland seeing generally seeing the wetter conditions. Of the UK's nations, Scotland was slightly drier, though even here still saw slightly above average rainfall, with 125.8mm or 2% more than the long-term average. In contrast, Wales was the wettest nation in the month and had 74% more rain than average.""
After the hottest summer on record with below-average rainfall and areas reaching drought status, meteorological autumn started with a wet month and temperatures around average for many. The UK provisionally received 32% more rain than the long-term September average, with large parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland much wetter. Scotland was slightly drier but still recorded 2% above average rainfall (125.8mm). Wales had 74% more rain, England 49% more (102.0mm) and Northern Ireland 65% more (144.6mm). Cumbria recorded its fourth-wettest September since 1836 and its wettest since 1950. The provisional mean temperature was 12.8°C, slightly below average, with a September high of 27.8°C and a low of -5.0°C, illustrating variable autumn conditions.
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