Summer storm

July: Lightning strikes near the Houses of Parliament Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

July: Fans stand in torrential rain and hail at the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Leicester Square Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Daniel Radcliffe arrives as the rain pours down at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Photograph: Tim Whitby/Getty Images

July: Relatives of victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings stand in pouring rain at the unveiling of a memorial in Hyde Park Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (right) stands in the rain and talks to friends and family of victims of the London bombings at the Hyde Park memorial Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Guests head for cover as heavy rain begins to fall during the first royal garden party of the summer at Buckingham Palace Photograph: Anthony Devlin/AP

July: The Queen shelters from the rain at the royal garden party at Buckingham Palace Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images

July: Heavy rain comes down during the Buckingham Palace garden party Photograph: Anthony Devlin/AP

July: Rain and hail fall on the outfield after play was abandoned at the women's cricket international at Lord's Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

The abandoned pitch after thunder and hail stopped play in the Australia-England women's cricket match at Lord's Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

July: Rupert Meese, from Derby, stands on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

A woman struggles through wind and rain Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

People walk through wind and rain Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

A cyclist negotiates the puddles outside the Houses of Parliament Photograph: Lewis Whyld/AP