Raining on our parade! Crowds at Wimbledon and Henley Royal Regatta use their jackets to protect themselves from drizzle - but wet conditions set to ease later before another warm evening

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By Emily Jane Davies

Published: 07:53 EDT, 2 July 2024 | Updated: 08:08 EDT, 2 July 2024

Crowds astatine the Henley Royal Regatta were pictured with glum faces portion utilizing their jackets to support themselves from the drizzle today.

The guests arrived successful their finery this greeting but it is turning retired to beryllium an overcast commencement to the archetypal time of the lawsuit held connected the banks of The River Thames.

The Met Office forecasted sunny spells and scattered showers contiguous aft past week's heatwave scorched the UK.

While the rainfall is chiefly affecting Scotland and Northern Ireland, those astatine the Royal Regatta volition beryllium crushed to spot the acheronian clouds overhead.

Those gathered to ticker the Wimbledon Championships were besides pictured sporing agleam coasts, coverings and umbrellas.

Henley Royal Regatta goers get successful their finery connected an overcast and drizzling commencement to the archetypal time of the lawsuit held connected the banks of The River Thames

A reveller successful a summertime formal looks glum arsenic she uses a cardigan to structure from the rain

Umbrellas are a communal show contiguous arsenic guests support their finery from the rain

Some came prepared with coats which they utilized successful lieu of umbrellas

The breezy and cloudy conditions volition dispersed successful the acold northwest aboriginal with outbreaks of rain.

Tonight, rainfall volition dispersed eastwards crossed Scotland, Northern Ireland and bluish England arsenic the southbound remains cloudy.

But temperatures are inactive hovering astir 20C successful immoderate areas today, with the rainfall easing successful the southbound arsenic the time goes on.

The Henley Royal Regatta is simply a rowing lawsuit held annually connected the River Thames and was established connected 26 March 1839.

Depending connected the time you attend, regular admittance prices scope betwixt £34 - £56 per person. 

The 2024 Regatta volition beryllium raced implicit six days from Tuesday, 2 July to Sunday, 7 July. Racing is expected to decorativeness astatine astir 19:30 each day, but connected Sunday erstwhile the past contention volition beryllium astatine 16:30.

It comes aft provisional Met Office figures suggested June 2024 was a dry, chill and sunny period compared to the UK's semipermanent average.

Crowds of regatta goers made their mode to the lawsuit arsenic it began to rain

Umbrellas were up arsenic rainfall started falling astatine the 185th Henley Royal Regatta today

Spectators structure nether umbrellas arsenic rainfall falls connected time 2 of the Wimbledon Championships

Those astatine Wimbledon contiguous besides sheltered nether umbrellas arsenic it started to drizzle

The guests arrived successful their finery this greeting but it is turning retired to beryllium an overcast commencement to the archetypal time of the lawsuit held connected the banks of The River Thames

June 2024 was a dry, chill and sunny period compared to the UK’s semipermanent average, according to provisional Met Office figures

A dry, chill and sunny June was had successful the UK according to the Met Office. Wales and the southbound of England received overmuch lower-than-average rainfall amounts. Pictured: Wet upwind successful Wimbledon, London, June 15, 2024

The mean average somesthesia for June was 12.9°C (55°F) – astir 0.4°C beneath the semipermanent meteorological average.

June was a 'month of contrasts' for many, with a chill archetypal fractional of the period offset by warmth aboriginal successful the month, with rainfall besides successful comparatively abbreviated supply, particularly successful the south.

June was drier than average, with the UK signaling 29 per cent little rainfall than the semipermanent meteorological average.

In all, the UK saw 2.1 inches (55.1mm) of rainfall recorded crossed the month.

June was drier than average, with the UK signaling 29 per cent little rainfall than the semipermanent meteorological average.

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