Press release. It’s official –worst British summer in recent memory.

Press release - start.

The computational power of the Internotional Office of Statistics has just confirmed what everyone’s suspected – its officially been the worst British summer in recent memory!

As everyone knows, the effects have been widespread. Not only has it had an impact on agriculture and the holiday industry, things have definitely not been coming up roses in the garden either.

Keen amateur gardener Dave Scratter is very disappointed with the fruits of his labours. "With all this rain it’s been a washout - even in the greenhouse. Yields are poor and the crop is very late ripening. With all the cloud cover there’s simply not been enough sunshine."

Here at the IOS we like to look on the bright side. Cheer up Dave – there's always next year!


Press release – end.

Editorial notes: The IOS is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing statistically analysed data in a format that is accessible to and understandable by the general public.