i have this argument with my brother every year. June and July have been decent ish months. Plenty of high temps to chase, and thunder storms to romance about. This coming after a very pleasant May. this month is no different. August for the past decade or so has been consistently the ugly sibling of the summer months. Colder, wetter overall less useful summer month. September has consistently been the better performer too. Lets not forget astronomically August is the equivalent of April.
Why are people surprised by poor weather in this country. 10 out of 30 days are typically the wet days, which so far, hasnt been far from the truth again this month.
I do fear people hark back to a time when they believed summers were constantly sunny and hot. We live in Britain, surely we know we dont get that kind of weather here - well consistently anyway. If we do get cold weather in the winter - that is unusual. same too is dry setled and warm weather in the summer. Its the exception to the rule for a country so far north and surrounded by water.
One word for this summer - Average.
My veg and plants have all grown well this year.