Summer's over! Rain, gales and even FROST - and the sunshine won't be back for at least a fortnight

It was fun while it lasted but forecasters say summer is now over for at least two weeks as temperatures fall with rain and gale force winds predicted for Monday. 

After a balmy May with highs of 30C, Britons have been spoilt but that is all set to change with gusts of up to 45mph expected in parts of the country at the beginning of the week.

The silver lining is this weekend - which is expected to remain largely dry in the south but temperatures will hover above the average for this time of year in the mid-teens.

False start: Just days ago on May 31, hundreds descended onto Brighton's beach to make the most of the sun.

Summer's over: But yesterday, just two days in June, tropical downpours rained down on the country clearing out the high temperatures. Pictured above, a woman tries her best to avoid a puddle as she leaps across while the rain pours down over Oxford Street in Central London.

A woman covers her head  as commuters, shoppers and tourists react to a sudden thunderstorm over Oxford Street today.

Three day forecast: Make the most of this weekend, forecasters say, as it is all set to change from Monday 

Today there is a noticeable drop in temperatures with London falling from 27C yesterday to around 21C. 

Most of the country will see sunshine and showers, these heaviest across Scotland and Northern Ireland, where occasionally thundery.

But the worst is expected from Monday, a spokesman for the Met Office said as rain and wind moves in with even frost likely in parts of rural Scotland. 

And the Met Office said there were no signs of the weather improving for at least two weeks as the overall forecast looked 'mixed'. 

Marco Petagna, meteorologist for the Exeter-based forecasters, said there was no more heatwaves predicted. 

He said: 'The forecast for the rest of this month keeps things really changeable, there are no signs of prelonged settled weather at the moment.'

He added there had been a big drop in temperature from the end of May and the first day of June. 

  

People shelter during a rain shower in London today as many people are caught out despite the Met Office weather warning.

A woman looks up from her phone as she shelters under an umbrella while walking along Oxford Street in the rain today.

Three women shelter from the rain on Ladies Day during the 2017 Investec Epsom Derby Festival in Surrey this afternoon.

These two women improvised with a plastic sheet as they try to keep dry during the 2017 Investec Epsom Derby Festival

He said: ‘This weekend is not a complete washout, there will be some sunshine in the south with showers in the north.

‘But temperatures have returned to the low 20s and high teens which is much more typical of June.'

This weekend is the last chance for most of the country to enjoy the sun before the weather takes a turn on Monday and Tuesday.  

The meteorological summer officially began on Thursday with a high of 25.5C at London Heathrow.

It was far off the hottest day of the year so far which was recorded last month when Lossiemouth in Moray soared to a high of 29.4C.

Forecasters said the UK has enjoyed one of the warmest springs in over 100 years.

This year is likely to be ranked among the UK’s top five hottest since records began in 1910, the Met Office said.

The average spring temperature in England is expected to be confirmed as 9.08C —1.4C hotter than average.

It was only hotter in spring 2011 when the average temperature between March 1 and May 31 was 9.15C.