More than 400 homes were damaged, roads were impassable and people had to be rescued from two holiday parks after days of torrential rain in June.
Mr Fothergill's home was one of many flooded in nearby Talybont during torrential rain in north Ceredigion last June.
"Bad weather in spring prevented honey bees in many areas from collecting nectar from early flowering crops such as oil seed rape, and the rain continued in many places throughout June and July preventing honey bees from foraging on later crops, " he said.
Over 500 homes were flooded in Lancashire and West Yorkshire when a month's rain fell in 24 hours between 23 and 24 June.
In June, a month's worth of rain fell in 24 hours in Ceredigion, hitting Aberystwyth and surrounding villages, trapping people in their homes and flooding caravan parks.
Last year, India received less rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season than usual, hitting western India, which has endured a two year-long dry spell, particularly hard.
Last year, India received below-normal rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season, and while it picked up in some areas from late August, large parts of west and south India didn't benefit.
Given this depressing picture, an event on June 2nd in a rain-soaked quadrangle in Toulouse was startling.
Heavy rain led to traffic chaos at the Isle of Wight Festival in June, while Guilfest in Surrey went into administration after poor ticket sales.
Caravan parks and villages near Aberystwyth were inundated by floodwater when twice as much rain fell in 24 hours than normally falls in the area in the whole of June.
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