Here in the UK, talking about the weather is already a national pastime, but this month the water cooler weather conversation kicked up a notch as rain, gray skies and biting temperatures put summer firmly on the line. Ian Sample talks to Matt Patterson, a postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, to find out what’s causing the cold weather, whether it really is as unusual as it seems, and whether any sun is on the horizon for the UK
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