Weather for recent August Bank Holidays

• Here's a look bacK at August Bank Holiday weather since 1970 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  
  31st August 1970: Showery following a belt of rain.
  30th August 1971: Showery especially in the west.
  28th August 1972: Generally cloudy with a gentle easterly flow.
  27th August 1973: Some thundery rain spreading SEwards
  26th August 1974: Wet in the SE, drier and brighter further west.
  25th August 1975: Fair and warm. Increasing cloud over Northern Ireland
  30th August 1976: Wet in the south with rain and thunderstorms.
  29th August 1977: Dry and bright to the SE but rain coming into the north and west.
  28th August 1978: Some thunderstorms across NE England, drier elsewhere.
  27th August 1979: Dry and fairly sunny.
  25th August 1980: Mostly dry but showery rain in the SW.
  31st August 1981: Some showers in the NE of England, mostly dry elsewhere.
  30th August 1982: Cool and showery.
  29th August 1983: Dry, sunny and warm.
  27th August 1984: Warm, a lot of cloud, humid.
  26th August 1985: Mostly dry with some sun.
  25th August 1986: Very wet with gales in SW.
  31st August 1987: Dry with some sun.
  29th August 1988: Showery.
  28th August 1989: Cool with showers dying out.
  27th August 1990: Dry with some sun.
  26th August 1991: Dry, very warm and sunny.
  31st August 1992: Windy and showery.
  30th August 1993: Warm and bright.
  29th August 1994: A few showers especially in the west.
  28th August 1995: Cool and a few showers in the east.
  26th August 1996: Showers and thunderstorms.
  25th August 1997: Showers and thunderstorms.
  31st August 1998: Increasingly windy with rain into west.
  30th August 1999: A lot of cloud with some rain in places.
  28th August 2000: Warm and fairly dry.
  27th August 2001: Dry with some sun.
  26th August 2002: A lot of cloud with some rain in the east and south.
  25th August 2003: Quite a lot of cloud but mostly dry.
• 30th August 2004: Mostly dry with some sun