March was a wash-out, Met Office confirms, with more rain and less sunlight than average

Many will remember how wet March has been, with a succession of fronts and the influence of low pressure seemingly never too far away from the UK.

Coming off the back of a wet winter and what has been a wet start to the year, many areas have very saturated ground, which has increased the sensitivity to rainfall events in recent weeks.

Despite the milder-than-average temperatures, sun was in short supply, with the UK as a whole recording just 95.2 hours of sunshine for the month - 87 per cent of its long-term average.

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