Croydon experienced some of the worst weather in the country this week with almost a month's worth of rain falling in just 24 hours, causing disruption and flooding across the borough.

Your Local Guardian: Pic: Sean Jarvie

London Fire Brigade services were called out to flooding at Brantwood Road by Purley Oaks Station at around 4pm on Monday afternoon, with other incidents also reported at Brancaster Lane and Park Road in Kenley.

A Met Office measuring station at Kenley aerodrome recorded 42.8mm of rain between 9am Monday and 9am Tuesday, compared to the historic average rainfall for the whole of August of 56mm.

The only other place in the UK to experience as much rain was Charlwood, a village near Gatwick Airport.

People in Croydon caught up in the storm took to Twitter to share their experiences and pictures of flooding in the borough.

Your Local Guardian: Fooding at Pur Oaks station

"Platforms at East Croydon flooding as we speak," wrote user @BoredXCore.

This latest flooding comes as Croydon Council works towards finalising its draft Flood Risk Management Strategy, which recognises the risk posed by heavy rain to homes in parts of Purley and Croydon.

Online public consultation on the strategy ended on 12 August.

The Met Office on Tuesday issued a weather warning for the south east, with further heavy rain expected until around 6pm on Wednesday. "We've got more heavy rain coming and falling on the wet ground, so it could cause more disruption," a spokesperson said.

However, the forecast is more hopeful going into the Bank Holiday weekend, with warmer temperatures and some sunshine predicted.

Monday's deluge was a dramatic and damp reminder of the vagaries of English summer weather; Saturday had seen unbroken sunshine and temperatures pushing 30 degrees celcius.