Sunday was coolest day in June in Huddersfield for 20 years - with more to come

BRITAIN’S biggest Bank Holiday ever was greeted with the coldest June day in Huddersfield for 20 years.

Jubilee party organisers were faced with cold and rain, but managed to get their parties under way.

And the bad news for people planning events later this week was ... expect more of the same.

Temperatures struggled to reach only a little over 6ºC yesterday and there were even reports of sleet on the moors at Holme Moss.

Salendine Nook weather expert Paul Stevens also revealed that half an inch of rain had fallen in the 12 hours up to 9am yesterday and more was expected.

“That’s almost half the average rainfall for the whole of June in just 24 hours.

“There was steady rain throughout parts of Saturday afternoon but it turned really heavy throughout the night and we recorded 20mm.

“The temperatures were also very low and the 11am temperature of 6.5ºC was almost four times lower than it had been exactly a week earlier, when we had 26º.

“That was when Huddersfield, like the rest of the country, enjoyed a mini heatwave.

“Sadly we cannot expect much better weather for the rest of this week. It is not good news for those planning Jubilee events but being British, we will soldier on.

“It looks like it will remain cold and showery for the rest of this week, meaning a very poor start to June. We had three weeks of poor weather in May and we only reached an average for the month because of the last few days of warm weather.

“I have been looking ahead and it looks as though that could be the picture for the rest of the summer.

“We will be getting stuck with low pressure from the Atlantic and that means more rain and cooler temperatures, although there will be one or two breaks with some good hot weather”.

Jubilee revellers attending the river pageant in London were welcomed with damp and dismal weather.

And there was a similar picture all over the UK with people facing damp weather and low temperatures on day two of the four day celebration to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Temperatures across Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia and the North of England were at a maximum of between 8C and 12C, with rain in places.

In Northern Ireland, Scotland and the far North of England today was set to be cool, bright and breezy with sunshine interrupted by scattered showers.