CUMBRIA could have had one of its wettest Junes on record say experts.

According to data from the Met Office the county's rainfall last month was 73 per cent higher than a three decade average.

Experts, who looked at the numbers from June 1 to 29, say 153.9mm of rain fell, compared to the 89mm average that fell in the years from 1981 to 2010.

A final, whole month, calculation will be completed shortly.

A spokeswoman from the Met Office said: "At the moment it is the 13th wettest since records from Cumbria began in 1862.

"One of the wettest was 2012 with 234.4mm of rainfall."

The figures come as the Honister Pass saw a new UK record for daily June rainfall on Saturday/Sunday night.

Almost 212.8mm of rainfall was recorded in 24 hours by an automatic Environment Agency weather gauge.

The previous record, set in 2012, was 208.4mm, also at the pass.

It also holds monthly daily records of 204.6mm in February 3, 1997 and 226.6mm on October 25, 2005.

And in total Cumbria holds seven of the 12 monthly daily records for rainfall.

The Environment Agency has had a gauge at the Honister Pass since 1990 but daily rainfall totals have been recorded in the area since 1970.

Earlier this week the Environment Agency announced a flood warning for the northern tip of Derwentwater, the Keswick Camping and Caravan Club site.

The agency said that "immediate action" was required as flooding was "expected".

In an update on yesterday lunchtime it added: "The level of Derwentwater is slowly falling, but is still high. Please avoid using low lying footpaths which may be flooded."

The Met Office expert Alan Goodman this week told the BBC, that the lack of flooding in other areas, despite the downpours, showed how dry it has been in the previous three months.