The sunniest month for each year since 1929 for England and Wales 1929: May 227.2hrs 1930: Jun 221.0hrs 1931: May 164.5hrs 1932: Jun 205.9hrs 1933: Jul 218.1hrs 1934: Jul 252.3hrs 1935: Jul 246.4hrs 1936: May 181.7hrs 1937: Aug 183.8hrs 1938: Jun 188.3hrs 1939: Jun 217.8hrs 1940: Jun 275.6hrs 1941: Jul 208.3hrs 1942: Jun 228.5hrs 1943: May 232.2hrs 1944: May 207.0hrs 1945: Apr 190.3hrs 1946: May 194.2hrs 1947: Aug 265.7hrs 1948: May 247.7hrs 1949: Jun 246.3hrs 1950: Jun 236.9hrs 1951: Jun 226.9hrs 1952: May 200.8hrs 1953: May 210.7hrs 1954: Apr 182.8hrs 1955: Jul 265.0hrs 1956: May 236.8hrs 1957: Jun 284.6hrs 1958: May 176.9hrs 1959: Jul 236.8hrs 1960: Jun 252.5hrs 1961: Jun 214.4hrs 1962: Jun 235.7hrs 1963: Jun 191.2hrs 1964: May 188.8hrs 1965: Jun 174.4hrs 1966: May 216.4hrs 1967: Jun 213.4hrs 1968: Jun 188.5hrs 1969: Jun 249.1hrs 1970: Jun 238.8hrs 1971: Jul 232.6hrs 1972: Aug 181.6hrs 1973: Jun 221.5hrs 1974: May 195.2hrs 1975: Jun 268.2hrs 1976: Jul 252.5hrs 1977: May 226.0hrs 1978: May 198.8hrs 1979: May 179.0hrs 1980: May 223.7hrs 1981: Aug 186.1hrs 1982: May 215.1hrs 1983: Jul 232.2hrs 1984: Jul 239.1hrs 1985: Jul 190.2hrs 1986: Jun 199.5hrs 1987: May 188.6hrs 1988: May 193.6hrs 1989: May 266.3hrs 1990: Jul 263.3hrs 1991: Aug 208.9hrs 1992: May 247.6hrs 1993: Jun 192.4hrs 1994: Jul 219.9hrs 1995: Aug 269.4hrs 1996: Jun 239.7hrs 1997: May 234.0hrs 1998: Aug 205.5hrs 1999: Jul 234.3hrs 2000: May 194.7hrs 2001: May 226.3hrs 2002: Apr 189.4hrs 2003: Jun 209.4hrs 2004: May 204.6hrs