Thundery showers and cool temperatures will characterise the below-expectation June weather across Buckinghamshire this weekend.

The Met Office is predicting a mixed but pessimistic picture of the weather across the county today and tomorrow (June 15 and 16).

Despite the odd sunny spell, those hoping for a return to last June’s 30C heatwave will be in for disappointment, with “heavy and perhaps thundery showers” forecast for the region and a “cool breeze” expected to sweep across London and the Southeast.

The showers will begin to dry away this evening as inland winds ease, but Sunday is expected to see a return of “scattered rain with a chance of thunder” with a maximum temperature of 20C.

It comes after the UK experienced its coolest first 10 days of June since 2020 due to a strong 'jet stream' band of wind dragging unsettled weather across the country.

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Dan Stroud, a spokesperson for the Met Office, said: “It’s a sad, very showery picture, really.

“The jet stream has been helping to pull a lot of unsettled weather southwards across the country, and we’ve had wind persistently from the north, which is quite a cold direction whatever time of the year it is.

“It’s allowed temperatures to be a good few degrees below where they should be for the time of year.”

He also acknowledged that the UK has seen “above average” levels of rainfall throughout the spring and early summer months, with a flood alert still in place for the River Wye and Hughenden Stream in High Wycombe.