Iceland is having the worst summer for 100 years – is Britain’s heatwave to blame?

Reykjavik's ice-cream vendors, camp sites and outdoor swimming pools are struggling as our unusually pleasant summer spells bad news for our north-western neighbours

As you enjoy the sunshine, spare a thought for Iceland. It is having the greyest, wettest summer since 1914, preceded by rain every single day in May.

According to Icelandic meteorologist Trausti Jonsson, the UK heatwave is to blame for Iceland's struggling ice-cream vendors, outdoor pools and campsites. "The people of Reykjavik are paying for the sunshine in England and southern Scandinavia," he said, thanks to high pressure over western Europe changing the jet stream and pushing clouds over the north of the continent.